Bash script to locally backup (copy and tar) Ghost

ghost_backup.sh

#!/bin/bash

########## Change variables ##########
BACKUP_LOC='/home/spooky/ghost_backup/' # where to store backup
GHOST_LOC='/var/www/ghost/' # where Ghost lives
######################################

echo $(date)': backup ghost script begin'

# create backup folder 
dateStr=$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M)
dirName=$dateStr'_ghost_backup'
dirPath=$BACKUP_LOC$dirName'/'
mkdir $dirPath

# stop ghost service
cd $GHOST_LOC
forever stop index.js

# copy files
cp -r $GHOST_LOC $dirPath

# start the service again
cd $GHOST_LOC
NODE_ENV=production forever start index.js

# tar files
cd $BACKUP_LOC
tar -zcf $dirName'.tar.gz' $dirName'/'

# remove copied directory
rm -r $dirPath

echo $(date)': backup ghost script end'