@ Christopher VanOosterhout ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) :
> How do I make backups of my lists? What files are critical?
Here's what I use as a daily cron job.
#!/bin/sh
#################### mailman_save_lists.sh #####################
# v0.13 2000-10-20 18:30
#
# this script saves a copy of mailman lists and config files
# call this script regularly from the 'mailman' user
# e.g. daily from crontab
# 01 08 * * * /path/to/mailman_save_lists.sh
#
# we do save lists each time in compressed form: either they
# are big and we can imagine they change each time, or they
# are very small and we don't care
#
# comments to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
#
# please configure below: where lists are to be found,
# and where states are to be saved (must be 'mailman'-writable)
########
lists=/var/lib/mailman/lists/
state=/var/state/mailman/
########
cd $lists || exit 1
umask 026 # make files readable to mailman group only
for i in `ls` ; do
echo
echo ==================
echo $i
k=$state$i
mkdir -p $k || exit 1
j=`date +%Y-%m-%d`
/usr/lib/mailman/bin/config_list -o $k/config-$i.new $i
if [ -s $k/config-$i ]; then
diff -d -I "^## captured on" \
$k/config-$i $k/config-$i.new > /tmp/diffconfig.$$
else
cp $k/config-$i.new /tmp/diffconfig.$$
fi
mv $k/config-$i.new $k/config-$i
if [ -s /tmp/diffconfig.$$ ]; then
echo "config modif ------------------------------"
cat /tmp/diffconfig.$$
echo "-------------------------------------------"
cp $k/config-$i $k/config-$i-$j
gzip -qf $k/config-$i-$j
fi
rm /tmp/diffconfig.$$
/usr/lib/mailman/bin/list_members $i | sort > $k/$i-new
printf "%10s members\n" `cat $k/$i-new | wc -l`
if [ -s $k/$i ]; then
diff -d $k/$i $k/$i-new > /tmp/difflist.$$
if [ -s /tmp/difflist.$$ ]; then
grep "^>" /tmp/difflist.$$ > /tmp/difflistplus.$$
grep "^<" /tmp/difflist.$$ > /tmp/difflistminus.$$
if [ -s /tmp/difflistplus.$$ ]; then
printf " + %7s\n" `cat /tmp/difflistplus.$$ | wc -l`
fi
if [ -s /tmp/difflistminus.$$ ]; then
printf " - %7s\n" `cat /tmp/difflistminus.$$ | wc -l`
fi
cat /tmp/difflistplus.$$ /tmp/difflistminus.$$
rm /tmp/difflistplus.$$ /tmp/difflistminus.$$
fi
rm /tmp/difflist.$$
else
echo "new list !"
cat $k/$i-new
fi
mv $k/$i-new $k/$i
cp $k/$i $k/$i-$j
gzip -qf $k/$i-$j
# suppress last month's files
# with two weeks security delay
n=`date +%Y-%m --date "-1 month -2 week"`
if [ -e $k/$i-$n-01.gz ]; then
mv $k/$i-$n-01.gz $k/$i-$n.gz
rm -f $k/$i-$n-??.gz
fi
done
# END SCRIPT
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