backup-automation

Automated Backup Script

A bash script that backs up a directory, compresses it with a timestamp, logs success/failure, and automatically deletes backups older than 7 days.

Features

• Directory backup with timestamped .tar.gz naming
• Success/failure logging with timestamps
• Automatic rotation — deletes backups older than 7 days
• Takes source and destination as arguments

Usage

chmod +x backup.sh
./backup.sh <source_directory> <destination_directory>

Tools Used

• tar — compression
• date — timestamping
• find — locating and deleting old backups (rotation)

Sample Log Output

See sample_backup.log for example log entries.