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#!/bin/bash                                  #
# Make a backup from your home directory     #
# using tar                                  #
# and upload the files to your free webspace #
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##### clear the screen #####
	clear
##### Please review these settings and change to your needs. #####

HOME=$HOME               # duh
BACKUPDIR=$HOME/temp 	 # make sure temp exist
SOURCE=$HOME/            # what do you want to backup ?
TARGET=YOUR_FTP_SERVER   # the ftp you want to put the backup on
LOGIN=YOUR_LOGIN         # your login for the ftp
PASS=YOUR_PASS           # your password for the ftp

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# change the --exclude to your needs                                                   #
# I excluded the hidden directories                                                    #
# to exclude other directories, just add --exclude=DIRECTORY_NAME                      #
# Make sure you created the directory backup on the server first                       #
# Please verify first the size of the backup file before uploading.                    #
# It can be huge when you include mp3, movies.....                                     # 
# For this comment the upload line with "#"                                            #
# From here, nothing needs to be changed                                               #
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### Making the directory and cleaning stuff up ### 
	test -d $BACKUPDIR && rm $TMP -rf
	test -d $BACKUPDIR || mkdir -p $BACKUPDIR
	cd $BACKUPDIR

###### Making backup from the home directory #####
echo making backup from home directory ...
tar cpf $BACKUPDIR/full-backup-home-`date '+%d-%B-%Y-%T'`.tar $SOURCE --exclude=.* > /dev/null
echo done
###### Compress the files #####
echo compressing the files ...
bzip2 *
echo done
##### Uploading files #####
echo uploading ...
/usr/bin/ncftpput -u $LOGIN -p $PASS $TARGET /backup *bz2 > /dev/null 
echo done
##### clean up the mess #####
echo cleaning up ...
rm -f full* > /dev/null
echo another Job well done
echo enjoy