backup-folders-list.sh

backup-folders-list.sh

#!/bin/bash

## config
backupFoldersList="
/home/user/projects/project-name
"
backupDstFolder="/home/user/projects-dump"
##  /config

targetFolder="dump-$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S)"
backupFolder="$backupDstFolder/$targetFolder/"

echo "
--------------------------------------------------
simple backup 
now: "`date`"
i'll save dump to: "$backupFolder"
--------------------------------------------------
"

# create dir for current dump
mkdir -p $backupFolder
echo "dumping folders:
--------------------------------------------------
"

# pack all src dirs
for folder in $backupFoldersList; do
  dstFile=$backupFolder`basename $folder`".tar.gz"
  echo $folder" -> "$dstFile 
  tar -czf $dstFile -C $folder ./ &> /dev/null # no output from tar
done