Linux Foundations - Backup Script

Learners start by creating, inspecting, extracting, and compressing archives with tar, then wrap those steps into a Bash script that produces timestamped backups and writes a log. Finally, they automate the script with cron, using crontab to schedule daily runs and verifying the job fires on time.

• Create, inspect, extract, and compress file archives with tar, using the core flags (-c, -x, -t, -v, -f, -z, -C) to build and restore backups.
• Write an executable Bash script that automates the backup, using variables and a date-based timestamp to produce uniquely named archives and append a record to a log file.
• Schedule the script to run automatically with cron, using crontab syntax and absolute paths to set up and verify a recurring backup job.

1 x Ubuntu 22.04 VM