#!/usr/local/bin/bash

# Might need to change top line to reflect your bash location

# Begin user config

# Log File for the backup script
BACKUPERROR="/path/to/error_log"

# Host to upload backup to
REMHOST="remotehost.com"

# Directory on remote host to put backup files
REMDIR="/path/on/remote"

# Local directories you want backed up
LOCALDIRBACKUP="/path1 /path2 /etc/path3"

# A scratch area large enough to fit the temporary backup as it is made
LOCTEMPDIR="/tmp"

# Remote user Name
UNAME="foo"

# And password
PWORD="bar"

# End user config

TODAY=`/bin/date "+%Y-%m-%d.%1"`

echo "" >> $BACKUPERROR
echo $TODAY >> $BACKUPERROR

tar -czf $LOCTEMPDIR/backup.$TODAY.tar.gz $LOCALDIRBACKUP >> $BACKUPERROR 2>&1

/bin/ncftpput -u $UNAME -p $PWORD -V -DD $REMHOST $REMDIR $LOCTEMPDIR/backup.*.tar.gz >> $BACKUPERROR 2>&1