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Old 04-30-2012
Backup file
Im a fairly new linux user and im trying to learn how to do a backup shell script. i have this so far,

Code:
#! /bin/bash
backup_files="/home/clint/music"
dest="home/clint/backups'
day=$(date +%A)
hostname=$(hostname -s)
archive_file="$hostname-$day.tgz"
tar czf $dest/$archive_file $backup_files
echo "finished"

and im getting 2 errors:
Code:
line 8 expected eof while looking for matching `"'
line 9:syntax error: unexpected end of file

any help would be greatly appreciated
Last edited by Scott; 04-30-2012 at 04:48 PM.. Reason: Code tags
# 2  
Old 04-30-2012
Looks like your dest variable is wrong.Shouldn't it be like :

Code:
dest="/home/clint/backups'

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# 3  
Old 04-30-2012
I managed to fix it, it was a problem with my quotations. Thanks for attempting to help Nua7, i really do appreciate it
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