#! /bin/bash #backup /etc by jdoe, 2007 MYUSER=jdoe #if previous set exists, move it 2nd set echo "command is " $MYUSER "/" $HOSTNAME "_etc.1" if [[ -f ~$MYUSER/$HOSTNAME_etc.1.tar.bz2 ]] then mv ~$MYUSER/$HOSTNAME_etc.1.tar.bz2 ~$MYUSER/$HOSTNAME_etc.2.tar.bz2 fi #backup /etc tar c /etc/ | bzip2 > ~$MYUSER/$HOSTNAME_etc.1.tar.bz2