#!/bin/sh

DB_USER='myuser'
DB_PASSWORD='mypassword'
NOW=`/bin/date +%Y%m%d_%H%M`

mysqldump -u $DB_USER -p$DB_PASSWORD mydb | gzip > /var/backups/Foo/mydb_$NOW.sql.gz
mysqldump -u $DB_USER -p$DB_PASSWORD wp_mydb | gzip > /var/backups/Foo/wp_mydb_$NOW.sql.gz

rm /var/backups/Foo/doc-thumbnails_*.gz
gzip -rc1 /home/play/doc-thumbnails > /var/backups/Foo/doc-thumbnails_$NOW.gz

rm /var/backups/Foo/documents_*.gz
gzip -rc1 /home/play/documents > /var/backups/Foo/documents_$NOW.gz

$ sudo chown root:root /home/play/backup.sh
$ chmod u+x /home/play/backup.sh

$ sudo mkdir /var/backups/Foo