Craig Barratt wrote: > > BackupPC_archiveStart is hardcoded to have no compression and use > a .raw suffix. It's pretty easy to see where to edit it to change > that. As Nils' mentioned you can easily compress that file, or > use BackupPC_tarCreate and compress its output (after all, > BackupPC_archiveStart eventually just runs BackupPC_tarCreate). >
Nils Breunese wrote > >use BackupPC_tarCreate and pipe the result into gzip. > Dale Renton wrote: > > Have a look at these for compression : > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=abf696d2-1326-4acc-8cee-374badd63779 > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=c3e8b09d-a5c3-4782-93f7-44457dc1f048 > Thanks go to each of you. Archiving is now working with two residual issues to clear up. QUESTIONS: 01 The format of the command line required by BackupPC_archiveStart is <archiveHost> <userName> <hosts>. Is is possible to specify multiple <hosts> without explicitly listing each of them at the command line? (perhaps a wildcard) I have tried an asterisk without success. 02 I would like to conduct actions prior and post creating an archive. Specifically mounting a Truecrypt encrypted removable disk. The following command line works exactly as required when executed at the command line as user = backuppc but fails when used in archiveHost.pl. Command line version /bin/echo password | /usr/bin/truecrypt --text --keyfiles="" --protect-hidden=no --password=password --mount /dev/sdd1 /media/backups-archived archiveHost.pl version $Conf{ArchivePreUserCmd} = '/bin/echo password | /usr/bin/truecrypt --text --keyfiles="" --protect-hidden=no --password=password --mount /dev/sdd1 /media/backups-archived'; Is this the correct file in which to list pre/post archive commands? Is there a syntax flaw in the construction of my $Conf{ArchivePreUserCmd}? SamK ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
