Shell script to backup directories from Linux server to Windows 2000/NT Server

#!/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

#!/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

# 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

# make sure $from do exits

if [ ! -d $FROM ]; then

echo "Backup source directory \"$FROM\" does NOT exist"

exit 2

#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

4 comment

Greg says:
January 6, 2011 at 6:32 pm
This post is kind of old. Are you still taking comments?
sergio says:
December 27, 2009 at 8:14 am
I`ll look your web. Thanks for the script!
Saludos!
vivek says:
August 5, 2008 at 8:09 pm
Mike,
Thanks for the heads up.
Mike Walsh says:
August 5, 2008 at 2:01 pm
[ ! -d $MNT/$BACKUPDIR ] && mkdir -p $MNT/$BACKDIR || :
should be
[ ! -d $MNT/$BACKDIR ] && mkdir -p $MNT/$BACKDIR || :
no?

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