backup.example .gitignore @@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ A fork of the [phpBackupS3](http://github.com/ianneub/php_backup_s3/) by [Ian](h * Written in PHP (Yes, this is a feature) * Removes old backups according to a [grandfather-father-son](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandfather-Father-Son_Backup) based schedule +## Requirements + +* PHP 5 or higher +* [PHP curl](http://php.net/manual/en/intro.curl.php) +* [PHP mysql](http://php.net/mysql) +* GNU/Linux environment + ## Installation 1. Rename backup.php.example to backup.php. @@ -16,14 +23,12 @@ A fork of the [phpBackupS3](http://github.com/ianneub/php_backup_s3/) by [Ian](h 4. Upload all files to your server. 5. Setup a cron job to run the backups for you! -For example, add this cron job to your crontab: - - # Backup server everyday at 3am - 0 3 * * * php -q /path/to/backuphp/backup.php +For example, add a "backup" cron to your cron.daily: -Open your crontab by using this command: + #!/bin/sh - crontab -e + php -q /home/douglas/backuphp/backup.php + exit 0 ## About this script @@ -47,10 +52,3 @@ This allows you to keep a very detailed history of your files during the most re To disable this feature, comment out the following line from functions.php: deleteBackups($BACKUP_BUCKET); - -### Requirements - -* PHP 5 or higher -* [PHP curl](http://php.net/manual/en/intro.curl.php) -* [PHP mysql](http://php.net/mysql) -* GNU/Linux environment README.markdown app/functions.php backup.php.example tmp/.gitignore vendor/s3.php db71425c24bf8e8175b1076631f5cee9e21daed8 Douglas Jarquin douglasjarquin@gmail.com http://github.com/douglasjarquin/backuphp/commit/3b47f8558887f94fe15854f24a179527c647d228 3b47f8558887f94fe15854f24a179527c647d228 2008-11-24T11:57:46-08:00 2008-11-24T11:57:46-08:00 The backup cron works better as a daily. 15cf3643dbc4da3c57b0820f8048f45baadef841 Douglas Jarquin douglasjarquin@gmail.com