I've made a backup script to be executed in my crontab, but it's a bit dirty and I'd appreciate it if anyone could help me clean it up a bit. I've added comments to indicate what I'd like to do with it (i.e. where my scripting skills are inadequate):
#!/bin/bash evolution-1.5 --force-shutdown # I'd like this to execute only if the evolution-1.5 program is not running export TIME=`clock` # This spits out a lot of time info; I'd like to make this a bit terser tar -cfz /home/andrew/.evolution_files_$TIME.tar.gz /home/andrew/.evolution/* # This command doesn't even work (I pulled it from an archived email). On the last step, I get the error "tar: Options `-[0-7][lmh]' not supported by *this* tar". Google was no help. I also wonder if there are any other cool tricks you all find useful in your own backup situations? Thanks, Andrew _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
