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-rwxr-xr-xbackup.sh6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
index afbe8e1..1caee22 100755
--- a/backup.sh
+++ b/backup.sh
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ do
then
echo "${config_single}_$dir_single 0" >> $logfile
fi
+ # add /. to directory for also backing up softlinks
+ dir_single_soft_link_path="$dir_single/."
# get the stamp for the last backup
last_stamp=$(grep "^${config_single}_$dir_single " $logfile | cut -d" " -f2)
# get the stamp for the next backup
@@ -113,7 +115,7 @@ do
# tar is not able to handle unix-timestamps, so we calculate the required one
tar_stamp=$(date -d "1970-01-01 $last_stamp sec" +%F)
# only changed files since last modification in backup
- nice -n 19 tar czf "$dir_single.$backup_stamp.tar.gz" --warning=none -N "$tar_stamp" "$dir_single"
+ nice -n 19 tar czf "$dir_single.$backup_stamp.tar.gz" --warning=none -N "$tar_stamp" "$dir_single_soft_link_path"
rsync_server "$dir_single.$backup_stamp.tar.gz" "$backupdir/$backupdirsingle/" "${config_single}_$dir_single"
# delete backups from local
rm -f "$dir_single.$backup_stamp.tar.gz"
@@ -122,7 +124,7 @@ do
if [ "$do_monthly" = "yes" -o "$do_normal" = "yes" ]
then
# backup everything
- nice -n 19 tar czf "$dir_single.tar.gz" --warning=none "$dir_single"
+ nice -n 19 tar czf "$dir_single.tar.gz" --warning=none "$dir_single_soft_link_path"
# check wether we should rotate
if [ "$rotate" != "inc" -a "$do_normal" = "yes" ]
then