backup.sh

#!/bin/sh
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# Backup to NFS mount script.
# https://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1130207
# It creates 1 compressed .tar file locally you can then 
# download over SSH or FTP to your PC. For reference, 
# I have a Ubuntu 11.04 OpenVZ VPS and it created a 470MB 
# .tar file out of ~600MB. You can specify only certain 
# directories for backup by changing backup_files, 
# or leaving it to "/" will backup everything.
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# What to backup. 
backup_files="/"

# Where to backup to.
dest="/home/backup"

# Create archive filename.
day=$(date +%A)
hostname=$(hostname -s)
archive_file="$hostname-$day.tgz"

# Print start status message.
echo "Backing up $backup_files to $dest/$archive_file"
date
echo

# Backup the files using tar.
tar czf $dest/$archive_file $backup_files

# Print end status message.
echo
echo "Backup finished"
date

# Long listing of files in $dest to check file sizes.
ls -lh $dest