[ubuntu] Backup script questions

Im a fairly new linux user and im trying to learn how to do a backup shell script. i have this so far,

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Hi all, I have a simple script, which for sure i need to enhance more and more. For now, it is just making a compress file in tar.gz format in output dir. Here is script:

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#!/bin/bash

#Defines output file OUTPUT=/Documents/backup_$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S).tar.gz

#Defines directory to backup

Hello I'm doing a script for doing backups but i can only backup directories from / any other files for example /etc/X11 cannot be backed up. how do i solve this?

this is the code i'm using now: #!/bin/bash clear

read -p "Enter the directory to backup:" DIRECTORY echo echo "backing up $DIRECTORY"

I am trying to create a tar backup script.

Hello, I have problem at my online backup script for Ubuntu. I have added an echo to debug it.

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Hi. Can someone tell me if the following script that i have made is a script for INCREMENTAL BACKUP or FULL BACKUP.

Hi, I am more familiar with windows so far. There I regularly use Ghost to backup my OS partition.

Is there anything similar on the Linux side?

I have used "dd", but this does not offer to search the file and restore dedicated files I probably have lost.

I can use "tar", but it is not on a partition-level.

I am trying to work on a script that will first check to see if a backup of a file exists, and if it does it will prompt the user to ask if he/she wants it replace. Of course, if the user says no then the file should be skipped.

Here is the code I have written. Does it look as if it is working correctly?

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Hi. Can someone tell me if the following script that i have made is a script for INCREMENTAL BACKUP or FULL BACKUP.