Backup Script no Making New Directory

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Backup Script no Making New Directory

matthewamzn

7:23 pm on Jul 14, 2006 (gmt 0)

This is my backup shell script. I want it to create a backup directory and then put the backups in it. It doesn't seem to create the new directory.

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#!/bin/sh
#backup website weekly

DATE=`date +%Y%m%d`

cd /var/www/vhosts/website.com/private/

mkdir $DATE-backups

mysqldump --opt -uusername -ppassword dbname > /var/www/vhosts/website.com/private/$DATE-backups/backupsite-db-$DATE.sql

cd /var/www/vhosts/website.com/

tar -cvzf /var/www/vhosts/website.com/private/$DATE-backups/backupsite-backup-$DATE.tar httpdocs/

MattyMoose

10:39 pm on Jul 14, 2006 (gmt 0)

when you run this, try running it with:

sh -x nameofscript.sh

See what is causing the errors.

matthewamzn

2:56 pm on Jul 15, 2006 (gmt 0)

It looks like I have a lot of errors in my script. Why would this result in no file or directory found?

# sh -x backupscript.sh
++ date +%Y%m%d
+ DATE=20060715
+ cd $'/var/www/vhosts/website.com/private/\r'
: No such file or directory: /var/www/vhosts/website.com/private/
+ mkdir $'20060715\r-backups\r'
+ $'cd\r'
: command not foundne 7: cd

matthewamzn

7:47 pm on Jul 15, 2006 (gmt 0)

I'm using EditPlus to create the script. Then saving it as a utf-8 file. Then uploading it in ascii mode.

NickCoons

12:19 am on Jul 16, 2006 (gmt 0)

Why would this result in no file or directory found?

Because of this:

+ cd $'/var/www/vhosts/website.com/private/\r'
: No such file or directory:

It's telling you that the directory you're trying to change in to doesn't exist. Since the change directory command fails, the make directory command makes the directory wherever you're running the script from.

bcc1234

1:33 am on Jul 16, 2006 (gmt 0)

\r is the problem. You wan to save it in unix format with bare LF's.

Also, ${DATE}-backups is the correct way to make sure the shell knows at which character the name of the variable ends.