#!/bin/sh -e
# Backup script to be run from pre_update_hook
-# Written by Markus Armbruster, 2005
+# Written by Markus Armbruster, 2005-2012
# This script is in the public domain.
# Use: edit configuration variables below to taste, then set
# Don't copy (are you *sure* you want to be stupid?):
remote_host=
remote_dir=
-remote_email=
+email=
#
# Do copy:
#remote_host=user@host
mkdir -p $local_dir
# Tar up the data directory
-tgz=$local_dir/$name.tar.gz
-tar czf $tgz .
+arc=$local_dir/$name.tar.gz
+tar czf $arc .
# Copy the backup to another machine with SSH, in the background
#
# user's privileges are carefully limited.
if [ "$remote_host" ]
then
- nohup sh -c "scp -qBp '$tgz' '$remote_host:$remote_dir' 2>&1 | mail -e -s 'Empire backup save failed' '$email'" </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1 &
+ nohup sh -c "scp -qBp '$arc' '$remote_host:$remote_dir' 2>&1 | mailx -s 'Empire backup save failed' '$email'" </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1 &
fi
#
# A more secure alternative is to replace the scp command by something like
-# ssh -q -T -o BatchMode=yes -o IdentitiesOnly=yes -i "$HOME/.ssh/empire_id_rsa" $remote_host <"$tgz"
+# ssh -q -T -o BatchMode=yes -o IdentitiesOnly=yes -i "$HOME/.ssh/empire_id_rsa" $remote_host <"$arc"
# where $HOME/.ssh/empire_id_rsa contains a private key specifically
# created for Empire backup, without a passphrase, and authorized_keys
# on $remote_host contains the matching public key prepended by