Aprilon Minecraft Server backup script

backup.sh

#!/bin/bash

SESSION="survival"
BACKUPDIR="/home/mc/backups/$SESSION"
WORLDS="world world_nether"

# For debugging
#set -x
#trap read debug

if [ ! -d "$BACKUPDIR" ]; then
  mkdir -p "$BACKUPDIR"
fi

screen -S $SESSION -X stuff "say Starting world backup...
"
sleep 2
screen -S $SESSION -X stuff "save-off
"
sleep 5
screen -S $SESSION -X stuff "save-all
"
sleep 15

today=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M)

echo Backing up the Aprilon Minecraft world into $BACKUPDIR/world_$today.tar.gz ...
# find world* -name "*.spm" -delete # spout metadata, unused
time tar cfz $BACKUPDIR/world_$today.tar.gz $WORLDS

screen -S $SESSION -X stuff "save-on
"
screen -S $SESSION -X stuff "say Backup done!
"

# ToDo: simple script using find to delete files older than X days
#/home/apn/cleanup_backups.sh

echo Done!