From: Alan Hoffmeister <alangtk at gmail.com> > 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.. Either name the backups backup.`date +"%u"`. The old files will automaticaly be overwritten by the new ones... Or just after the backup, do something like (untested): find /media/backups -ctime +7 -delete JD