Re: [CentOS] backup script

Hi,

Try the ff:

On 1/25/11 4:31 PM, madunix@gmail.com wrote:

I want to create bash script to have a zip copy from a website running on linux /var/www/htdocs/* local on the same box on different directory I am thinking to do a local backup using crontab (snapshot my web) tar -cvzf /tmp/website-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M).tgz /var/www/htdocs/* This command will create a file /tmp/website-20110101-1459.tgz I want it run on daily basis

Yes, just use crontab for that. Something like,

30 6 * * * command-or-path-to-script-here

to run the command or script everyday 6:30 a.m.

and to keep the last 5days backup on the box and remove older version than 5days. Can you point me out.

I think the easiest way is to use logrotate. man logrotate for details.

HTH,