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Backup home directory on web server (cron task)
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backup-web.sh
#!/bin/bash
tar czf path/to/backup/dir/webbackup_`date +%Y_%m_%d`.tgz -X backup-exclude.txt -C path/to/public_html public_html/
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backup-exclude.txt contains a list of files/directories/patterns to be excluded, one by line:

cgi-bin/
temp/
myfile.txt
*.dat

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The path to public_html in the -C option must not contain public_html itself, obviously. This can be omitted, in which case the tar will contain the entire path to public_html. With the -C option, tar first changes to the directory just below public_html, then is executed on public_html.

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