#!/bin/sh 
#               scimanse.sh 
# author....: zogs 
# email.....: zogs@anche.no
# project...: studies related to shell scripting 
# title.....: simple backup dir with tar and date inclusion 
# 
#    http://www.autistici.org/c0de
#

bck_date="backup-%(date '+%d-%m-%y').tar.gz"	

# setting the name of your backup with 								
# date inclusion 

dir_data="/var/www/apache/htdconf"			

# dir where you have files for backuping 

dir_bck="/mnt/pendrive"					

# setting pendrive device for your backup 								
# change /mnt/pendrive with /cdrom or 								
# /home/backup or what you want.  

echo " Starting compression and backup of $dir_data..." 
tar zcvf $dir_bck/$bck_date $dir_data 
echo " Finish compression and backup of $dir_data." 
echo "You can find your backup: $dir_bck."