So I am trying to create a script that will backup my plex data. I am new to writing bash shell scripts and unsure what to do. This is the following script:
#!/bin/bash
sudo service plexmediaserver stop
sudo zip -r plexbackup.zip /plexdata
mv /media/usb2/plexbackup.zip /media/usb1
sudo service plexmediaserver start
Everything works fine when I manually input each line of code into the terminal. But when executing the bash script, I get the following error.
pi@raspberrypi:/media/usb1 $ bash plexBackup.sh
plexmediaserver: unrecognized service
zip warning: name not matched: /plexdata
)ip error: Nothing to do! (try: zip -r plexbackup.zip . -i /plexdata
plexmediaserver: unrecognized service
mv: cannot stat '/media/usb2/plexbackup.zip': No such file or directory
My questions are the following:
- When I turn off and on the plex server in the terminal, it recognizes it, but why not in the bash script?
- The directory path I point to when zipping the file is correct; however, I get an error saying it doesn't recognize it.
I have looked at instructions online for writing bash scripts, but mostly find ones for echo commands and not for modifying Linux directories.
I ran a compiler command sudo chmod +x plexBackup.sh and it seemed to sorta work. It recognized the directory I was pointing to, but not the plex servers.