backup /etc with tar

Posted on April 27, 2018 | by admin

The following is an exemplary command of how to archive your system.

tar -cvpzf backup.tar.gz --exclude=/backup.tar.gz --one-file-system /etc

back.sh (backup with timestamp) – add to cron (sh /back.sh)

#!/bin/bash
DATE=$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S)
BACKUP_DIR="/backup"
SOURCE="/etc"
tar -cvzpf $BACKUP_DIR/backup-$DATE.tar.gz $SOURCE