website backup

[indigo]

is there a script (preferable PHP) which can backup a website folder etc.
What i am looking for is a script which can select which folders to backup and not the whole site.

I am trying to upgrade a few scripts (forums etc) and need to backup a folder...

[kobra]

If you have "shell" access and I suggest "putty" you can create a bash/linux file and name it ?backup? or any name you prefer and run it with just the name. It will look similar to this allowing for editing to only the dir's you want to backup:

if [ -e $HOME/1backups ]
then
echo "The backup directory exists."
else
echo "A backup directory does not exist, and will be created."
mkdir $HOME/1backups
echo "A backup directory has been created"
fi

# now we define our own variables
# location of files to backup
FILES=$HOME/archive-files
# name of compressed archive
ARCHIVENAME=backups.tgz
# location of backup directory
BACKUPDIR=/archive/Your_dir/
# create compressed archive, copy to backup directory
tar czf $ARCHIVENAME $FILES
cp -ap $ARCHIVENAME $BACKUPDIR

if [ -e $BACKUPDIR/$ARCHIVENAME ]
then
echo "Backup successful, the backup worked!"
else
echo "Opps!, the backup failed. Time to debug."
fi

[FoxRocks]

I just use my ftp software and save the folders I need to backup. But now that I see this, I wonder if a script would be a nicer option! hmmm