Linux Final Backup Script

(Practice Purpose only)

This project contains a shell script backup.sh that automates the process of backing up files modified within the past 24 hours from a target directory to a destination directory.

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Features

• Uses timestamp to detect modified files
• Archive them into a timestamped .tar.gz file
• Uses arrays and conditionals
• Can be run manually or automated using cron

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File Structure

final-backup/
|--- backup.sh
|--- README.sh
|--- .gitignore
|--- important-documents/
|--- backup-<timestamp>.tar.gz

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Usage

./backup.sh <target_directory> <destination_directory>
./backup.sh important-documents .

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##Author

Tushar Kumar