secure_cp

secure_cp is a lightweight Bash script for creating structured backups of virtual servers or development environments.
It automatically generates sequential backup directories (e.g. DocumentRoot.001, DocumentRoot.002, …), excludes specified directories, and preserves previous backups to maintain a clear version history.

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Features

• Creates automatically numbered backup directories.
• Prevents overwriting existing backups.
• Skips redundant or heavy data (such as images or videos) according to your exclusion rules.
• Allows full customization of excluded directories and files.
• Simple and fast – ideal for local or remote server backup routines.

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Usage

1. Download the script

   Save the secure_cp file to your preferred location and make it executable:

   chmod +x secure_cp

2. Edit configuration paths

   Open the script with your preferred text editor and modify the following lines to match your environment:

   ORIGEN="/var/www/DocumentRoot"
   DESTINO_BASE="/home/usuario/Desarrollo/Web/Example/bkp"
   NOMBRE_BASE="DocumentRoot"

   • ORIGEN → path to your source directory (e.g., your web root).
   • DESTINO_BASE → directory where backups will be stored.
   • NOMBRE_BASE → base name used for the backup directories.

3. Edit excluded directories (optional)

   You can define which folders or files should be ignored during the backup process by modifying the --exclude parameters inside the script.
   For example:

   --exclude='public_html/img' \
   --exclude='vendor' \
   --exclude='public_html/videos'

   Add or remove exclusions as needed to avoid copying redundant, heavy, or dynamically generated data.

4. Run the script

   Execute the script from your terminal:

   ./secure_cp

   The script will create a new backup directory such as:

   /home/usuario/Desarrollo/Web/Example/bkp/DocumentRoot.001
   

   Each new execution will increment the backup index automatically (DocumentRoot.002, DocumentRoot.003, …).

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Example

If your document root is /var/www/html and you want to store backups in /mnt/backups/html, you would set:

ORIGEN="/var/www/html"
DESTINO_BASE="/mnt/backups/html"
NOMBRE_BASE="html"

Then simply run:

./secure_cp

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License

MIT License – see the full license here:
https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT