#!/bin/sh set -e if [ "$#" -lt 2 ] ;then echo "Keep N days backup of a directory" echo echo " Usage $0 " exit 1 fi DIR=$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")") DAY=$1 BKD=${2%/} PTH=$BKD/$(date +%Y%m%d) shift shift echo "start backing up on $(date)" mkdir -p $PTH while [ "$#" -gt 0 ] ;do SRC=$1 echo " backing up $SRC" tar -zcf "$PTH/$(basename $SRC).tar.gz" "$SRC" shift done echo "start removing older archives" "$DIR/rm-ndays-ago.sh" "$BKD" "$DAY" echo "done!"