Brad Campbell wrote: > mifthas haris wrote: > >>Brad, rsync is a good tool for synchronizing the data, and can be a good >>backup tool, >>i've been using it for a while now with a perl wrapper, i like to know >>more about your >>backup strategy with rsync (like for instance, Incremental or epoch, > > #!/bin/sh > DA=`date +%m%d%y-%H%M` > > sudo rsync -avzxe ssh --delete / gateway:/server/backup/brad/ || exit 1 > if [ ! -z "$1" ] ; then exit 0 ; fi > echo $DA >> /home/brad/backup-office.history > echo Renaming backup to correct date > ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] mv /server/backup/brad /server/backup/brad-$DA || exit 1 > echo Hardlinking old backup to current backup > ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] cp -al /server/backup/brad-$DA /server/backup/brad || > exit 1
cool, hard linking has saved me a lot of disk space before. > echo Completed without error! > > It's kludgy, but it relies on being able to hard link.. works *very* well as > when rsync finds a file > to modify it unlinks it first. > So I wind up with a stack of directories > > brad-050205-1300 > brad-050305-1300 Thanks for your input, this weekend i am going to test a bunch of scripts which i believe would make an admin's life easier. :-) mifthas haris ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/0XFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dubailug/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
