Folder2Archive

Daily Folder Backup and Rotation for Linux
I use this to create archives of my website every day

Key Features:

Daily automated backups of a specified folder using the zip utility.
Date-appended archive file names for easy identification.
Automatic removal of backups older than 14 days.
Scheduled execution using cron for a hands-off approach.

Explanation:

The script sets the source directory (SOURCE_DIR) that will be zipped and the archive directory (ARCHIVE_DIR) where the zipped files will be stored.
It creates a timestamp in the format YYYY-MM-DD and stores it in the DATE variable.
The zip command is used to create the zipped archive and append the date to the file name.
The find command is used to delete files older than 14 days in the archive directory. (edit in the script as needed)
The cron entry schedules the script to run daily at 13:00 (1 PM).

Automatic installation

Paste the script in your machines console.

sh -c "$(curl -L http://script.moelle.space/folder2archive)"

Settings

Change the day count

Edit the file zip_folder_daily.sh (If you used automatic install it's in /opt) and change the day number in line 16.
If you want 30 days, it's 30 minus 1, so 29

find "${ARCHIVE_DIR}" -name "folder_*.zip" -mtime +13 -exec rm {} \;

Example: Chamge the 13 to 29

find "${ARCHIVE_DIR}" -name "folder_*.zip" -mtime +29 -exec rm {} \;

Change the schedule

Edit the cronjob with crontab -e

0 13 * * * sh /path/to/script/zip_folder_daily.sh

If you need help to configure the crontab, check this site https://crontab.guru/

Manual installation

Installation

Install git and zip

apt install git zip -y

Clone the repository

git clone https://git.moelle.space/hxcde/folder2archive.git

Edit the zip_folder_daily.sh file
Add the following to cron to automate Backup

0 13 * * * sh /path/to/script/zip_folder_daily.sh

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