crontab – Linux

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# backup will run on 7th day of the month
0 0 7 * * cp -r -u -f /media/shares/ /media/backup/shares/ >>/var/log/cronrun

/root/backup.sh

#!/bin/sh

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# Backup to NFS mount script.

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# What to backup.

#backup_files="/root /srv /home /var/spool/mail /etc /boot /opt"

backup_files="/root /srv /home /var/spool/mail /etc /boot /opt"

# Create archive filename.

day=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d.%H-%M-%S")

servername=$(hostname -s)

archive_file="$servername.$day.tgz"

# Where to backup to.

env=01

#mount=/mnt/local/sdb1

mount=/mnt/nfs/fs-$env.sdb1

#dest="$mount/backup/$servername"

dest="$mount/backup"

mkdir -p $dest

fullpath=$dest/$archive_file

# Print start status message.

echo "Backing up $backup_files to $fullpath"

echo $(date)

echo

# Backup the files using tar.

#tar czf $fullpath $backup_files

tar czf $fullpath $backup_files

chmod 400 $fullpath

# Print end status message.

echo

#echo $(date)

echo "Backup finished"

date

# Long listing of files in $dest to check file sizes.

ls -lh $dest