I’d built a Linux backup BASH shell script a while ago that I’ve been using, and wanted to share it. This is a simple and easy to configure script, useful for backing up and scheduling multiple hosts, as well as handling file and MySQL backups, and flexibly allowing multiple days or copies to be retained. The full source code is available for download.
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