I probably didn't get the point, but what about a simple "tar"? #! /bin/bash tar -cjvpf /tmp/home.tbz /home mv /tmp/home.tbz /some/where/else
unless you're thinking on incremental back up, and more sophisticated things. Francisco On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 1:22 AM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi folks, > > Me again. I'm thinking about writing a bash script that backs up my /home > directory. I found a guide but before I read all that stuff and muddy up > the waters, is this thing current and will it work fine with the bash Gentoo > uses? Links to a even better guide would be good too. The guide I found is > here: > > http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/ > > I'm going to try to do this myself but as most of you know, it takes me a > bit to grasp things. I may be back for advice on this as well. Who knows, > maybe one day I can be a dev. LOL Well, most likely not really but anyway. > > Thanks. > > Dale > > :-) :-) > > -- "If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have one idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas." - George Bernard Shaw
