a small twitter backup script which saves the timeline as rss entries

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the COMMON DEVELOPMENT AND DISTRIBUTION LICENSE
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the
+# COMMON DEVELOPMENT AND DISTRIBUTION LICENSE (CDDL) Version 1.0
+# along with this program.  If not, see http://www.sun.com/cddl/cddl.html
+
+# 2011 https://github.com/jumpin-banana
+
+
+# this script should be run with a cronjob once a day to get the rss streem for the given screenname
+
+# the current date in YYYY-m-d format
+# more information with "man date"
+curDay=`date +%F`;
+
+# replace the SCREENNAME with the twitter name
+wget -q --output-document=/path/to/twitter-name_$curDay.rss "http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.rss?screen_name=SCREENNAME"
+
+exit 0;