Quoting Ross Drummond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > As part of any talk I would be happy to do a short show & tell about my > bash > backup script. Go for it. We could have a session like the scripting languages one; people describing theirs and comparing techniques. > > It uses bash to wrap MySql dump, tar mkisofs & cdrecord to write a > backup cd. > > As an incidental question does anyone know of some code I can use to > test if > there is a blank cd in the proper drive? FWIW, K3B does that, so it might be possible to extract it and use it on its own. Wesley Parish > > Cheers Ross Drummmond > > On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 13:41, John Carter wrote: > > On Sun, 5 Mar 2006, Steve Holdoway wrote: > > > Now, about your backup strategy.. (: > > > > "Backups are for wimps. Real men upload their data to an FTP site and > > have everyone else mirror it." - Linus Torvalds > "Sharpened hands are happy hands. "Brim the tinfall with mirthful bands" - A Deepness in the Sky, Vernor Vinge "I me. Shape middled me. I would come out into hot!" I from the spicy that day was overcasked mockingly - it's a symbol of the other horizon. - emacs : meta x dissociated-press
