Shell script to backup directories from Linux server to Windows 2000/NT Server
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#!/bin/bash # Shell script to backup directories from Linux server to Windows 2000/NT Server. # Run it as follows # Scriptname /home backup abc123 //server2000/backup # Backup /home directory from Linux box to NT/2000 box called # 'server2000' in share called '/backup' with username # 'backup' and password 'abc123' # -------------------------------------------------------------------- # This is a free shell script under GNU GPL version 2.0 or above # Copyright (C) 2005 nixCraft project # Feedback/comment/suggestions : http://cyberciti.biz/fb/ # ------------------------------------------------------------------------- # This script is part of nixCraft shell script collection (NSSC) # Visit http://bash.cyberciti.biz/ for more information. # ------------------------------------------------------------------------- # backup what? FROM=$1 # NT Connection Info # # NT Username NTUSER=$2 # NT Password NTPASSWD=$3 # NT ShareName i.e //server/backup etc NTSHARE="$4" # BackUpDir Name BACKDIR="$(hostname -s)" # Local mount point MNT="/mnt/smbbox" # Get date and time NOW=$(date +"%m-%d-%Y-%I_%M%P") # backup file name BAKFILE="backup.$NOW.tar.gz" if [ "$#" != "4" ]; then echo "Syntax:" echo "$(basename $0) {Linux-directory} {NTusername} {NTpassword} {//NTserver/share-name}" exit 1 fi # make sure $from do exits if [ ! -d $FROM ]; then echo "Backup source directory \"$FROM\" does NOT exist" exit 2 fi #Create tar to backup first tar -czf /tmp/$BAKFILE $FROM #Mount the smb to /mnt [ ! -d $MNT ] && mkdir -p $MNT || : mount -t smbfs -o username=$NTUSER,password=$NTPASSWD $NTSHARE $MNT [ ! -d $MNT/$BACKDIR ] && mkdir -p $MNT/$BACKDIR || : # Copy new tar to ntbox cp /tmp/$BAKFILE $MNT/$BACKDIR # Send sync aka force to write data before issuing umount sync # issue umount umount $MNT
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Tags: backup file, backup source, bash shell script, exit 1, free shell, home backup, home directory, hostname, mkdir, ntpasswd, ntuser, script collection, server backup, share name, smb, smbfs, source directory, tar gz ~ Last updated on: August 5, 2008
[ ! -d $MNT/$BACKUPDIR ] && mkdir -p $MNT/$BACKDIR || :
should be
[ ! -d $MNT/$BACKDIR ] && mkdir -p $MNT/$BACKDIR || :
no?
Mike,
Thanks for the heads up.