#!/bin/bash

sourcedir=/full/path/to/your/forums/cgi-bin
backupdir=~/eblahforumbackup/
haltfile=~/eblahforumbackup/.halt
datedir=`date +%Y/%m-%B/`

if [ ! -f $haltfile ] ; then
        touch $haltfile

        cd $sourcedir

        if [ ! -d ${backupdir}${datedir} ] ; then
                mkdir -p ${backupdir}${datedir}
        fi


        tar -cjf "${backupdir}${datedir}forums-`date +%m-%d-%y.%H-%M-%S`.tar.bz2" .


        echo "A daily backup was made of the Your Forum database ${sourcedir}. The file can be found at: ${backupdir}${datedir}gaforums-`date +%m-%d-%y.%H-%M-%S`.tar.bz2" | mail -s "Daily Backup Report" youremail@domain.com


        find $backupdir -type f -mtime +30 -exec rm {} \;
        find $backupdir -type d -print0 | xargs -0 rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty --parents

        rm -f $haltfile


fi