Backup Script Generator

#!/bin/bash
# Backup script generated by ArchSetu
# Backs up "/path/to/source" to "/path/to/backups", keeping the last 7 backups.
set -euo pipefail

SOURCE="/path/to/source"
DEST="/path/to/backups"
RETENTION=7
TIMESTAMP=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)
BACKUP_NAME="backup_$TIMESTAMP.tar.gz"

# Make sure the destination directory exists
mkdir -p "$DEST"

# Create the compressed archive
tar -czf "$DEST/$BACKUP_NAME" "$SOURCE"
echo "Created $DEST/$BACKUP_NAME"

# Delete old backups beyond the retention count
cd "$DEST"
ls -1t backup_*.tar.gz 2>/dev/null | tail -n +$((RETENTION + 1)) | xargs -r rm --
echo "Backup complete - keeping the 7 most recent backups."

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