On Wed, 2003-06-18 at 09:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hey thanks Mark! Sorry to take so long responding; I forgot to renew my > domain name and wasn't getting any mail - please don't ask :} > thanks again! mike
Mike You blew it ... you could have blamed it on the problems with sympa and he would have believed you *grin* James > > > Michael Holt wrote: > >> Hey, > >> I'm looking for some help on my little backup script for my server. I'm > >> not a real savvy scripter so please bare with me :) > >> I googled around awhile back and put together a bu script that has > >> served > >> my purpose well until now. It's just a few lines as you will see and I > >> use it with cron to make a cdrw every morning at 3am. > >> > >> Now the info on my server is starting to outgrow just on cdrw (jpgs and > >> such) so I would like to know how I can modify my script to be able to > >> exclude either certain files or directories. I imagine that sed would > >> be > >> involved, but I don't completely understand that tool so I'm hoping that > >> someone might be able to give me some pointers and maybe even explain > >> how > >> the code will work in that setting. Well, here's what I've got now: > > > > Michael, > > > > attached you'll find the one i've been using and it works flawlessly. I > > can't remember his name, but it was a gentleman here on the expert list > > that sent me a copy of his and I used his as a guide to cook this one up. > > > > enjoy... > > > > -- > > Mark > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Paid for by Penguins against modern appliances(R) > > Linux User Since 1996 > > Powered by Mandrake Linux 8.2 & 9.1 > > ICQ# 27816299 > > #!/bin/sh > > #MAILTO:mdw1982 > > # ########################## > > # variables for the program: > > # ########################## > > TAPE=/dev/st0; > > HOME_FILES=/home; > > DOCUMENTS=/mnt/arc_2/Documents; > > WWW=/var/www; > > MAIL=/var/spool/mail; > > DATABASE=/var/lib/mysql; > > MP3=/mnt/mp3; > > LOG_PATH=/home/mdw1982/; > > LOG_DIR=backup_log; > > DATE=$( date +%m-%d-%Y ); > > > > # ########################## > > # functions for program : > > # ########################## > > message(){ > > echo ".........This is the Tape backup program.........."; > > echo " ------------------------------- "; > > echo ""; > > echo "I've successfully completed the nightly backup of the system"; > > echo "for $DATE"; > > echo ""; > > echo "The Log file containing the backup's contents has been written"; > > echo "to $LOG_PATH."; > > echo "............. END OF TRANSMISSION ................"; > > } > > > > # does the directory to receive the backup logs exist? > > # if not then we're going to create it... > > checkLog(){ > > for i in $( ls -d /home/mdw1982/* ); do > > ITEM=$i > > if [ $ITEM = $LOG_DIR ] > > then > > FOUND=true > > else > > FOUND=false > > fi > > done > > } > > > > # ########################## > > # main program : > > # ########################## > > > > # putting all the goodies to the tape > > find /bin /boot /etc /home /root /var /mnt/arc_2/Documents /var/www -print > > | grep -iv "\./var/ftp" | sort | cpio -oaBc -O /dev/tape > > > > # writing out the logfile to disk > > cpio -iBct -I /dev/tape > /home/mdw1982/backup_log/$( date +%m-%d-%Y > > )_bkup.indx > > > > > > # compressing the logfile > > gzip -1 /home/mdw1982/backup_log/$( date +%m-%d-%Y )_bkup.indx > > > > # outputing message to email > > message; > > > > # exiting the program > > exit; > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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