Implemented robust data backup solutions by automating daily backups of the /home directory using Bash scripting and Cron jobs,

Automating daily backups of your /home directory in Linux. We'll compress it, log every move, and make it run every single night

This is a simple project to understand about creating log file and doing automate job using cronie

What we will do in this project is :

*Compresses /home directory
**Logs the backup details
*Keeps only the last 7 backups
**Runs daily at midnight via crontab

1, create a bash script at :

sudo nano /usr/local/bin/home_backup.sh

2,and write the bash script for it

3, Make it executable

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/home_backup.sh

x = 1 = executable

4, We’ll use crontab to run this daily at 12:00 AM. Use this:"

crontab -e “in the same folder”

5, past this in the folder

0 0 * * * */*usr/local/bin/home_backup.sh

which in crone tab its in format