#!/bin/sh DB_NAME='newsblur' date_now=`date +%Y_%m_%d_%H_%M` file_name='backup_postgresql_'${date_now}'.pgbackup' log() { echo $1 } do_cleanup(){ log 'cleaning up...' rm ${file_name} } do_backup(){ log 'snapshotting the db and creating archive' pg_dump -U newsblur -Fc ${DB_NAME} > ${file_name} log 'data backed up and created snapshot' } save_in_s3(){ log 'saving the psql backup archive in amazon S3' && \ python s3.py set ${file_name} && \ log 'data backup saved in amazon s3' } do_backup && save_in_s3 && do_cleanup