Simple Backup Script

Here is a simple backup script using Duplicity:

#!/bin/bash

#install duplicity:
#sudo apt-get install duplicity
#sudo apt-get install python-pip
#sudo pip install paramiko

export PASSPHRASE=MYSECRETPASSPHRASE
duplicity --num-retries 20 /home/myHomeDir sftp://USERNAME@MYSERVER//home/myHomeDir/duplicity
unset PASSPHRASE

#amend the following to your crontab for regular backups at 3.am (issuing 'crontab -e')
#0 3 * * *  /path/to/script/duplicity_backup.sh