====== File System Backup ======
NOTE: THIS HAS NOT BEEN FULLY TESTED!

Create a cron.daily job to backup a directory

Below is the script for backing up website directory.

===== Prerequisites =====
<code>
mkdir -p /data/backups/www
</code>

===== Script Updates ===== 
  * Backup location and MySQL Backup location includes the mysql directory
  * Create the backup directory

===== Features =====
  * Backups up www data
  * Deletes backup older than 7 days

File location:  /etc/cron.daily/www_backup

<file bash www_backup>
#!/bin/sh
#
# WWW backup script
#
NOW=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S")
#
BACKUPLOC="/data/backups"
WWWBACKUPLOC="$BACKUPLOC/www"
BACKUPFILE="$WWWBACKUPLOC/backup-www-${NOW}.tar.gz"
LOGFILE="$WWWBACKUPLOC/backup-www-${NOW}.log"
FILE_DIR_PATH="/data/www"
#
# Backup Data
tar -zcvf ${BACKUPFILE} -C $FILE_DIR_PATH . > $LOGFILE
chmod 600 $BACKUPFILE
#
/usr/bin/find $WWWBACKUPLOC/backup-www*.tar.gz -mtime +7 -exec rm {} \;
/usr/bin/find $WWWBACKUPLOC/backup-www*.log -mtime +7 -exec rm {} \;
#
exit 0
</file>

===== Post Install =====
<code>
chmod 700 /etc/cron.daily/www_backup
</code>