Backups should be handled by an external process, otherwise, your script also needs to take into account: - Number of backups to retain and cleaning up old vers

Backups should be handled by an external process, otherwise, your script also needs to take into account: - Number of backups to retain and cleaning up old versions - Monitoring of backups. What if backing up fails? - The script itself can tamper with the backups unintentionally? Speaking from (bad) experience