[Wylug-help] Sh problem

[Stephen Patterson]

On 17 Apr 08, Anne Wilson (cannewilson at googlemail.com) wrote:
> Here is the actual script:
> sudo /bin/bash
> cd /
> tar cvpzf /media/USB%20Flash%20Memory/partition1/EeePC(date 
> +%F).tar.gz --exclude=/media* --exclude=/proc/* --exclude=/lost+found/* --exclude=/mnt/* --exclude=/sys/* --exclude=/home.* /
> 
> It looks as though it's something to do with the date parameter,but (date +%F) 
> is all on one line, not as it shows here.

Sudo really only works well with 1-liners, such as the one I use below
for some backups, 

sudo rsync /media/home/ 192.168.1.1::home -av --delete --exclude=backups

so, write your backup script as
#!/bin/bash
cd /
export PWD
tar cvpzf /media/USB%20Flash%20Memory/partition1/EeePC(date +%F).tar.gz --exclude=/media* --exclude=/proc/* --exclude=/lost+found/* --exclude=/mnt/* --exclude=/sys/* --exclude=/home.* /

then run the script itself through sudo.

(may not need to export PWD)

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