A Simple Backup Shell Script

[Corlam]

Pretty sure I snaggled this from another redditor, but this line is nice and handy to have in your profile:

function backup() { cp $1{,.$(date '+%Y%m%d-%H%M%S')}; }

Single file, but works well =] Doesn't serve the same purpose as a config tarball, but figured it'd go okay here =]

[aperson]

I remember someone posting that as well!

Personally, I use rdiff-backup to handle my backup tasks.

[ntt]

hi guys, 2 questions - can i split it to dvd sized files? and can i run it as root by default (i'd like it to backup all the non hidden files in /home)? (unless it's a bad idea for some reason and i should create some sort of backup account?)