backup.sh

# What files or folders to take backup of.
backup_folder="/var/www/federicovitale.me";

# Delete modules folders
rm -rf "$backup_folder/node_modules";
rm -rf "$backup_folder/static/bower";

day=$(date +%d%m%y);
hostname=$(hostname -s);
archive_file="$hostname-$day.tar.gz";
dest="/var/sites-backups";

echo "Backing up $backup_folder to $dest/$archive_file";
date
echo

tar czf $dest/$archive_file $backup_folder

echo 
echo "Well done! backup finished!"
echo 

ls -lh $dest