The crontab
The script is called from the root user's crontab, configured to run at 05:40 UTC.
root@prolewiki:~# crontab -l 40 05 * * * /root/bin/backup.sh | tee -a /var/log/backup.sh.log 35 */1 * * * /root/bin/dfmon.sh | tee /var/log/dfmon.sh.log root@prolewiki:~# date Tue 09 Aug 2022 04:32:14 PM UTC
The log
- Cron redirects the output of the script to
/var/log/backup.sh.log - Zip logs output to
/var/log/backup.sh.zip.log
There is currently no log rotation/truncation set up!!
The code
See /root/bin/backup.sh