Simple script for backing up your notes

backup-notes.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Path to your notes
SOURCE_DIR="$HOME/Documents/notes/"
# Path to save backups
DEST_DIR="$HOME/Nextcloud/Backups/note-backups"

# The actual filename to use for current backup e.g. notes-2023-07-03.tar.gz
BACKUP_FILE="${DEST_DIR}/notes-$(date +'%Y-%m-%d').tar.gz"

# Compress all the files in SOURCE_DIR and save them to BACKUP_FILE
tar -czf "${BACKUP_FILE}" "${SOURCE_DIR}"

echo "Finished running $0."
echo "If all went smoothly, backup should be at ${BACKUP_FILE}"

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