backup.sh

#!/bin/bash
/usr/local/bin/tarsnap -c \
        --cachedir /home/jamie/tarsnap \
        --keyfile /home/jamie/tarsnap.key \
        -f machine-`date +%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S` \
        /home/jamie/tarsnap.key \
        /home/jamie/.ssh \
        /home/jamie/bin \
        /home/jamie/scratch \
        /home/jamie/.bashrc \
        /home/jamie/jamii.github.com \
        /home/jamie/tax \
        /home/jamie/.atom \
        /home/jamie/.mozilla/firefox/ygdanzco.default/places.sqlite \
        /home/jamie/.mozilla/firefox/ygdanzco.default/bookmarkbackups \
        /home/jamie/.mozilla/firefox/ygdanzco.default/key3.db \
        /home/jamie/.mozilla/firefox/ygdanzco.default/logins.json3 \
        /home/jamie/.mozilla/firefox/ygdanzco.default/prefs.js \
        /home/jamie/.mozilla/firefox/ygdanzco.default/secmod.db \

gistfile1.txt

jamie@machine:~$ cat /etc/cron.daily/backup 
#!/bin/bash
su jamie -c /home/jamie/bin/backup