#!/bin/bash #################################### # # Backup to NFS mount script. # #################################### # What to backup. backup_files="/home /var/spool/mail /etc /root /boot /opt" # Where to backup to. dest="/mnt/backup" # Create archive filename. day=$(date +%A) hostname=$(hostname -s) archive_file="$hostname-$day.tgz" # Print start status message. echo "Backing up $backup_files to $dest/$archive_file" date echo # Backup the files using tar. tar czf $dest/$archive_file $backup_files # Print end status message. echo echo "Backup finished" date # Long listing of files in $dest to check file sizes. ls -lh $dest
https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/backups-shell-scripts