Corrected Incremental backupscript

This wasn't quite working the way it should have. Now it will correctly implement incremental backups of the home directory on Unix, Mac OSX and Linux systems.

 #!/bin/bash

 

 

cat << here

 

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Sinister Porpoise Computing Backup Script

Test script for creating multiple

backup files.

 

Lara Landis

11/10/2017

Personal Bash Script

 

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here

 

echo "Now creating backup files..."

 

x=1

y=1 

 

if [[ -f "backup.tar.gz" ]]; then

    x=1

    if [[ -f "backup${y}.tar.gz" ]]; then

while (x=1)

do

if [[ -f "backup${y}.tar.gz" ]]; then

x=1

y=y+1

fi

done

elif [[ ! -f "backup${y}.tar.gz" ]]; then

tar -czvf "backup${y}.tar.gz" /home

fi

else

tar -cvzf "backup.tar.gz" /home

fi