Daily_Archive

#!/bin/bash
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# Daily_Archive - Archive designated files & directories
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# Gather Current Date
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DATE=`date +%y%m%d`
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# Set Archive File Name
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FILE=archive$DATE.tar.gz
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# Set Configuration and Destination File
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CONFIG_FILE=/home/tiandi/archive/Files_To_Backup
DESTINATION=/home/tiandi/archive/$FILE
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##################### Main Script ###############
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# Check Backup Config file exists
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if [ -f $CONFIG_FILE ]  #Make sure the config file still exists
then
    echo 
else
    echo 
    echo "$CONFIG_FILE does not exist."
    echo "Backup not completed due to missing Configuration file"
    echo 
    exit
fi
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# Build the names of all the files to backup
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FILE_NO=1               # Start on Line 1 of Config file.
exec < $CONFIG_FILE     # Redirect Std Input to name of Config File
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read FILE_NAME          # Read 1st record
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while [ $? -eq 0 ]
do
    # Make sure the file or directory exists.
    if [ -f $FILE_NAME -o -d $FILE_NAME ]
    then
        # If file exists, add its name to the lists
        FILE_LIST="$FILE_LIST $FILE_NAME"
    else
        # If file doesn't exist, issue warning
        echo 
        echo "$FILE_NAME, does not exist."
        echo "Obviously, I will not include it in this archive."
        echo "It is listed on line $FILE_NO of the config file."
        echo "Continuing to build archive file."
        echo
    fi
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    FILE_NO=$[ $FILE_NO + 1 ]   # Increase Line/File number by one
    read FILE_NAME              # Read next record.
done
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# Backup the files and Compress Archive
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tar -czf $DESTINATION $FILE_LIST 2> /dev/null
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