Bash Script Tasks

This repository contains two scripts for the Backup System homework assignment:

• createbackup.sh: A backup script for backing up specified files to a specified destination directory and calculating the MD5 checksum of the archive file.
• disk-space-alert.sh: A script for monitoring disk space usage and sending email alerts if disk space usage exceeds a specified threshold.

Prerequisites

• Bash shell (version 4 or later)
• df and awk commands for disk-space-alert.sh
• Configuration file /config/createbackup.conf for createbackup.sh

Usage

createbackup.sh

1. Copy createbackup.sh and /config/createbackup.conf files to the same directory.
2. Edit the configuration file /config/createbackup.conf to specify the files to be backed up and the destination directory.
3. Run the script with the command ./createbackup.sh.

disk-space-alert.sh

1. Copy disk-space-alert.sh to the desired directory.
2. Make the script executable with the command chmod +x disk-space-alert.sh.
3. Run the script with the command ./disk-space-alert.sh.

Author

• [Eyup Fidan]

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.