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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# notes
+# $0 is visible globally, in functions too
+
+# apparently su -c accepts a command and 1 argument
+CMDL_ARGS=$@
+export CMDL_ARGS
+
+chk_root()
+{
+    if [[ ! $(id -u) -eq 0 ]]; then
+        echo "root user required";
+        # exec works similar to fork()
+        exec su -c "\"$0\" $CMDL_ARGS"
+        exit $?
+    fi
+}
+
+chk_root $@
+date=$(date +%m.%d.%y)
+
+echo "backing up mysql"
+#mysqldump -u root -p drupal > db-drupal-${date}.sql
+
+echo "backing up /srv"
+tar -cvjf http-${date}.tar.bz2 /srv/http
+tar -cvjf git-${date}.tar.bz2 /srv/git
+