Hi, Try the ff: On 1/25/11 4:31 PM, madunix at 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, -- - Edwin - mailto:ml2edwin at gmail.com “Pleasant sayings are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and a healing to the bones.”—Proverbs 16:24