UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Doh, my apologies about the rules. I'll take a look at this and then post back later one. Thanks!

You might also note that searching first is a good practice - take a look at this post about a backup script - it will help you understand the rules and scripting a backup script.

Wow, thanks RTM, your quick walkthrough was a massive help for helping me get a quick grasp on how things work. Now, my next question for this:

How do I input multiple commands to execute? (does that make sense?)
In other words, there are specific files and folders that I want to backup. I can't really do one all encompasing backup. I have to be very specific with what files I want. So would I just do something like this:

$ cd
$ vi backup
#!/bin/bash
cp -r -f /directory1/ ../backup/directory1/
cp -r -f /directory2/ ../backup/directory2/
cp -r -f /file.php ../backup/directory3/
cp -r -f /dir3/file2.php ../backup/directory/dir2/
exit

That should work.