Should I add to my tar the following option
-p, --preserve-permissions
extract all protection information
tar -cvzfp ......
Thanks
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 7:10 PM, John Doe <jdmls@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: "madunix@xxxxxxxxx" <madunix@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>> I want to create bash script to have a zip copy from a website running
>> on Âlinux /var/www/htdocs/* local on the same box on different
>> directory
>> I am Âthinking to do a local backup using crontab (snapshot my web)
>> tar -cvzf Â/tmp/website-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M).tgz /var/www/htdocs/*
>> This command will Âcreate a file /tmp/website-20110101-1459.tgz
>> I want it run on daily basis and Âto keep the last 5days backup on the
>> box and remove older version than Â5days.
>
> A quick way to do it is to use the day of the week:
> Âwebsite-$(date +%u).tgz
> It will automaticaly keep the last 7 days...
> Otherwise, you will have to use date calculations...
>
> JD
>
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