-files="$tmpdir/files.db"
-touch $files
-chmod 600 $files
-echo "Running find to get the status of files"
-find-cmd.sh /home > $files
-
-db="$datadir/backups.db"
+# file locations and other values
+today=$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)
+datadir="/var/lib/backups"
+tmpdir="/dev/shm/backups"
+currentfiles="$tmpdir/files.db"
+backupdb="$datadir/backups.db"