Hi, I'm running a webserver and decided to back it up using a crontab. But first I need a good shell script for crontab to execute. I created this shell script: Can someone look at this is give a bit of advice. #!/bin/bash echo "beginning to copy files..." cp -R * /mnt/DesktopBackup/website/ echo "done copying files..." I run this script from inside of my web directory. which is the source of the backup. Question: is the -R what allows me to copy folders and their subdirectories?? or is their a better way to do this? I have lots of folders within folders within folders... it's a mess. --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss