How to backup to specific Folder on server itself?

[sks1123]

Please share how to backup to a specified directory on the Server.

[mrkobby]

I'm trying to do same. I added these lines but it's not working.
$file = public_path('backups/' . $backup_name); file_put_contents($file, $content);

Any help please

[uvulpos]

My Gist could help
https://gist.github.com/uvulpos/3e7f335f46bd9400c368222d38e81da8