backuplogs

A simple script to back up log files (or anything else) using rsync.

Latest version: 1.00 (2 Jan 2009)

Usage

• Change $source to the location of your IRC logs.
• Change $backup_to to the backup folder.
• Run without arguments, or use the argument -q to suppress output (useful for cron jobs).

Source code

backuplogs.sh

#!/bin/bash

source="user@host:path/to/logs"
backup_to="$HOME/backup/logs"

rs="rsync --modify-window=1 -hamz -F"
ssh="ssh -xac blowfish"

[ "$1" = "-q" ] && rs="$rs -q" || rs="$rs --progress"

if [ -d "$backup_to" ]; then
    $rs -e "$ssh" "$source/" "$backup_to/" || exit 1
else
    echo "Cannot find $backup_to"
    exit 1
fi