You can add several files / directories to go into the same archive at the end of the tar command:
Code:
tar cf arc /opt /var /etc
or you follow the route you already took in above: cd to the target directory, and tar -r the files in question. man tar is a very valuable source of info for you.
Try
Code:
backup_file="${backup_file}.gpg"
Expansion will stop at the dot anyhow, but for you to be on the safe side in the future when there might be no dot use the braces.
in this script a source dir is specified first, then cd into it and then backup the mentioned folders.
so if I wanted to backup
Code:
/var
/etc
would I be correct to change
Code:
source_dir='/opt'
to
Code:
source_dir='/'
then
Code:
tar -cf "$backup_file" dailybackup*
to
Code:
tar -cf "$backup_file" opt var etc
???
(I removed '/' before opt, var, etc because its cd into same folder)
am i right here? sorry im noob
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