backup script

[Keith Morse]

On Fri, 26 Dec 2003, Marianne Taylor wrote:

> I am creating a script to backup my e-mail each night.  Attached is the 
> script, but my only problem is that it isn't doing any of the hidden 
> /directories or files.  I thought that tar would do this routinely?
> 
> Perhaps I have missed something obvious, any help would be greatly 
> appreciated.

This must explain some of the examples I've over time of other peoples 
backup scripts.  Namely "find" is used to develop an include list as a 
file that is then used as an argument to tar.  This might be easier than 
getting tar to include those hidden files and directories.




> 
> ==============================================================
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> # This script will backup e-mail nightly when called from cron
> 
> 
> # first mount hda2 to store the backup onto
> /bin/mount /dev/hda2
> 
> # next portion defines the maildir to backup
> #this can be expanded as needed
> MAILDIR=/home/user/.maildir
> 
> #defines the backup directory
> BACK_DIR=/mnt/storage/backup/mail
> 
> #get date for file name
> DATE=$(/bin/date +%F)
> 
> 
> #tar command to compress the file - named with date and preserving permissions
> cd $MAILDIR
> /bin/tar -cvpz *  >$BACK_DIR/mail-$DATE.tar.gz
> 
> #e-mail to root to confirm done
> echo "The mail has been backed up" | /usr/sbin/sendmail root
> 
> #un-mount /dev/hda2
> #/bin/umount /dev/hda2
> 
> #End of the script
> 
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