BACKUP SCRIPT

#!/usr/bin/perl

$outdir = "/home/backup";
$AUTHOR = "Shashank Khanvilkar";

($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,$wday,$yday,$isdst) = localtime(time);  
$year = sprintf("%02d", $year % 100); 
$mon += 1;

$outfilename = $outdir."/homeBackup".$mon.$mday.$year.".tar.gz";
system "tar -czf $outfilename /home/papers /home/shashank /home/amit /home/kluruo" or die "Can't do Tar: $!\n";

$outfilename = $outdir."/www_Backup".$mon.$mday.$year.".tar.gz";
system "tar -czf $outfilename /var/www";

$outfilename = $outdir."/etcBackup".$mon.$mday.$year.".tar.gz";
system "tar -czf $outfilename /etc";

$outfilename = $outdir."/usr_local_bin_Backup".$mon.$mday.$year.".tar.gz";
system "tar -czf $outfilename /usr/local/bin";

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