Backup needs a log listing locations, types, and dates

There is no good way to track the sequence and types of backups.

sequence:-

ls -lsrt /var/lib/asterisk/backups/*

type is what you define in the backup schedule for each directory. To check in a longwinded fashion what is in each backup:-

for i in ls /var/lib/asterisk/backups/*;do echo “for $i ---------------------------”;tar -tf $i;done