Am Montag, den 25.01.2010, 19:48 +0100 schrieb Alan Hoffmeister: > Hello guyz! > > I'm new here, and this is my very first truble... > > I need a script that will backup & compress the folder /media/system in > the folder /media/backups > > But that's not the problem, I need that only the last 7 backups (last 7 > days, yeah I know, cronjob...) will stay in that folder... > > The script need: > 1 - Compress folder /media/system > 2 - Store in /media/backups > 3 - Name the compressed backup like day_month_year.tar.gzip > 4 - Check the other backups and delete backups older than 7 days.. > > Can some one help me? > > Tanks! Since it is 7 days you want putting `date +%A` in the output filename would be an easy solution. Another really simple thing is to use the --backup switch of mv. Chris financial.com AG Munich head office/Hauptsitz München: Maria-Probst-Str. 19 | 80939 München | Germany Frankfurt branch office/Niederlassung Frankfurt: Messeturm | Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 49 | 60327 Frankfurt | Germany Management board/Vorstand: Dr. Steffen Boehnert | Dr. Alexis Eisenhofer | Dr. Yann Samson | Matthias Wiederwach Supervisory board/Aufsichtsrat: Dr. Dr. Ernst zur Linden (chairman/Vorsitzender) Register court/Handelsregister: Munich – HRB 128 972 | Sales tax ID number/St.Nr.: DE205 370 553