gistfile1.sh

#!/bin/bash
TIMESTAMP=`date +%F-%H%M`
S3_BUCKET_NAME="wmasbackups" #replace with your bucket name on Amazon S3
S3_BUCKET_PATH="user-backups"
USER_NAME="syd"


echo "compressing user folder"
# Compressing
tar cf $USER_NAME-$HOSTNAME-$TIMESTAMP.tar /home/$USER_NAME/

echo "backing up /home/$USER_NAME/ to s3://$S3_BUCKET_NAME/$S3_BUCKET_PATH/$USER_NAME-$HOSTNAME-$TIMESTAMP/"
# Upload to S3
s3cmd put $USER_NAME-$HOSTNAME-$TIMESTAMP.tar s3://$S3_BUCKET_NAME/$S3_BUCKET_PATH/$USER_NAME-$HOSTNAME-$TIMESTAMP.tar

echo "all backed up :)"