Script for ftp offsite backup

The usual method of doing this is using rsync. Type man rsync to find out how to use it and its options.

I made a simple python script that:

1. Creates a dump of all MySQL databases
2. Creates an "svnadmin dump" of all svn repositories (folders under ~/webapps with "svn" in the name)
3. Pushes all of this, including my bin and webapps directories, to bitbucket via git

This is then run daily through cron.

I've posted the code here: http://community.webfaction.com/questions/4481/easy-way-to-backup-all-webapps-and-databases?page=1#12292

Hello,

This is an old thread, but I decided to share a simple script that does the job:

#!/bin/bash

HOST=example.com
PORT=2121
USERNAME=someuser
PASS=somepass

ftp -n -i $HOST $PORT <<-EOF
user $USERNAME $PASS
cd /backups
lcd $HOME/backups
passive
bin
mput backup1.tar.gz
mput backup2.tar.gz
bye
EOF

echo "Done!"

Of course, change the variables at the start of the script to your values.

Sincerely,

Valentin I.
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