# - Manual backup of home folder - # # - Shell Scripts - # # https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/backup-shellscripts.html # - HowTo Format Date For Display or Use In a Shell Script - # # http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-formatting-dates-for-display/ # Home-Backup.sh #!/bin/sh #################################### # # Home Backup to NFS mount script. # File location: /usr/local/bin/Home-Backup.sh # # Create file: sudo gedit /usr/local/bin/Home-Backup.sh # Copy & Paste this document content into the file you just created # # Run backup process: bash Home-Backup.sh # Restore process: cd / # sudo tar -xzvf /home/Recovery/HomeDirectory-Backup/User-is_derayo/host-is_derayo-Monday-September-14-2015_19:28:08.tgz # sudo tar -xzvf /home/Recovery/HomeDirectory-Backup/User-"User"/"host"-"User"-"Specific date/time of file".tgz # #################################### # Clear screen clear # What to backup. #backup_files="/home /var/spool/mail /etc /root /boot /opt" # # This line to be modified depending of user ID #myUser="is_derayo" #myUser=$USER # User's name myUser=$(whoami) backup_files="/home/$myUser" # Where to backup to. #dest="/mnt/backup" # dest="/home/Recovery/HomeDirectory-Backup/User-$myUser" # Create directories. sudo mkdir -p $dest # Create archive filename. month=$(date +%B) day=$(date +%A) #dt=`date '+%m/%d/%Y_%H:%M:%S'` dt=$(date +%d-%Y_%H:%M:%S) # Computer's name hostname=$(hostname -s) archive_file="$hostname-$myUser-$day-$month-$dt.tgz" # Print start status message. echo "Backing up $backup_files to $dest/$archive_file" date echo # Backup the files using tar. sudo tar czf $dest/$archive_file $backup_files # Print end status message. echo echo "Backup finished" date # Long listing of files in $dest to check file sizes. ls -lh $dest