Custom backup script...

Hi.

I have made recently gotten a hold of a backup script. Not sure what i am doing wrong here, is this auto/ do i have to start it ? For some reason, it doesnt work when i do ./save.sh . It sends the message across the server, other than that i get errors.

Anyhow here it is

Code:

#Copyright 2012
#
#This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
#version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
#This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
#MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
 
#!/bin/sh
while true; do
DAY=`/bin/date +%m-%d-%Y@%H:%M`
echo "*** Auto Backup Started @ $DAY ***"
 
screen -S minecraft -X stuff "`printf "say Saving the server.\r"`"
 
 
find /secondary -mmin +5 -exec rm -rf {} \;
 
sleep 2
mkdir /secondary/BACKUP-$DAY
mv server.log /root/Minecraft/server.log /secondary/BACKUP-$DAY/server.log
cp /root/Minecraft/plugins/WorldGuard/worlds/LP3/regions.yml /secondary/BACKUP-$DAY/regions.yml
cp /root/Minecraft/plugins/PermissionsEX/permissions.yml /secondary/BACKUP-$DAY/permissions.yml
tar -cvzf /secondary/BACKUP-$DAY/server.tar /minecraft/server
sleep 2
screen -S minecraft -X stuff "`printf "say Save complete.\r"`"
echo Backup $DAY Complete.
echo ""
sleep 1h
done

 

And bump

 

It has to be run manually or scheduled with a cronjob. It is assuming your server is running in screen with the screen name of minecraft. Are you running your server in screen with a name of minecraft?

 

Yes the screen name is minecraft.