#Backup Script

A simple backup script utilising OpenSSL, tar and rsync, written in bash.

##Script Features

* Incremental backup retention
* Backups are asymmetrically encrypted
* The backup script can store a copy both locally and on a remote device/server
* Backups are sent over SSH
* Currently supports GNU/Linux and FreeBSD

##Backup retention*

By default:
* Daily backups are retained for the past week
* Weekly backups from Mondays are retained for the past month
* Monthly backups from the first Monday of each month are retained for the past six months

The retention lengths are adjustable in backup.cfg

\* (currently GNU/Linux only)

#Backup Script

A simple backup script utilising OpenSSL, tar and rsync, written in bash.

##Script Features

* Incremental backup retention
* Backups are asymmetrically encrypted
* The backup script can store a copy both locally and on a remote device/server
* Backups are sent over SSH
* Currently supports GNU/Linux and FreeBSD

##Backup retention

By default:
* Daily backups are retained for the past week
* Weekly backups from Mondays are retained for the past month
* Monthly backups from the first Monday of each month are retained for the past six months

The retention lengths are adjustable in backup.cfg

Remove note about granular retention being linux only
Remove note about granular retention being linux only