TIMESTAMP=$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S) INPUT=comet:/var/lib/dokuwiki OUTPUT=~/comet_dokuwiki_backup/$TIMESTAMP OUTPUT_TAR=~/comet_dokuwiki_backup/$TIMESTAMP.tar echo TIMESTAMP = $TIMESTAMP echo INPUT = $INPUT echo OUTPUT = $OUTPUT echo OUTPUT_TAR = $OUTPUT_TAR mkdir $OUTPUT echo BACKING UP ... scp -r $INPUT $OUTPUT echo TAR BACKUP ... tar -cf $OUTPUT_TAR $OUTPUT echo REM TEMP DIR ... rm $OUTPUT -rf echo DONE!