Minecraft-Server-Backup

A bash script to stop a minecraft server and then restart it for an external backup process to take place.

Set-up

1. Set file path, start command, and screen name.
2. On Linux make sure the file is executable: use chmod +x /path/to/script
3. Manually execute, or schedule execution.

Schedule Execution

1. update Cron Job: crontab -e
2. Syntax for cron job: i. ii. iii. iv. v. /path/to/script
   1. Minutes (0 - 59)
   2. Hour (0 - 23)
   3. Day of the Month (1 - 31)
   4. Month (1 - 12)
   5. Day of the Week (0 - 7)