Automatical periodic backup with simple bash script

Here is a very basic way to create a periodic backup of some of your folder in a LINUX environment

Create an cron file /etc/cron.montlhy/backup-tomcat

#!/bin/sh
SCOPE=monthly
tar -cvzf /mnt/nas/backup-tomcat/tomcat-`date +%Y%m%d`-$SCOPE.tgz -C/home/clement tomcat-8
find /mnt/nas/backup-tomcat/ -name \*$SCOPE\* -mtime +365 -exec rm -f {} \;