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This can be used for example to retrieve a copy of one’s website, blog, or other files on a script or cron job. You will need to have your SSH identity files for passwordless login.

#!/bin/bash
#-- start config
# Local Directory for backups. A date-specific folder is created under this directory for the files.
LD=~/website_files/backups
# Remote Directory to retrieve. Files are retrieved recursively starting here. Hidden files are included.
# Must be full path, don't use ~ shortcut.
RD=/home/www
# Path to SSH ID file (private key)
ID=~/.ssh/id_rsa
# USERname to login as
USER=username
# HOST to login to
HOST=example.com
#--- end config

BD="$LD/`date +%F`"
mkdir $BD
scp -ri $ID $USER@$HOST:$RD/. $BD

Enjoy!