Cool scripts. I used to do something similar, and then I moved over to using "ncftp" to drop the tarball off on my backup-server. A matter of preference, but I like that better than mailing myself the tarball.
Jon Carnes ----- Original Message ----- From: "J C Lawrence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 12:34 AM Subject: [Mailman-Users] Backing up Mailman list installations > > <<Reply-To: set>> > > A moderately frequent request on these lists has been, "How can I > back up my Mailman lists/membership/etc?" I happened to be in the > area today touching up the scripts I use. Please feel free to adapt > freely. > > Note: You'll need to have a reasonably recent version of nmh > installed as the scripts rely on the MH tools to build a MIME > message: > > http://www.mhost.com/nmh/ > > The scripts: > > ~/bin/mimemail: > --<cut>-- > #!/bin/bash > #set -x > > subject=$1 > file=$2 > addr=$3 > > echo "To: ${addr} > From: nobody > Subject: ${subject} > > #application/octet-stream [${subject}] ${file} > > " | /usr/bin/mh/mhbuild - > /tmp/mimemail.tmp.${$} > /usr/lib/mh/post -verbose -watch /tmp/mimemail.tmp.${$} > rm /tmp/mimemail.tmp.${$} > --<cut>-- > > ~/bin/mailman.backup > --<cut>-- > #!/bin/bash > #set -x > > datestr=`date +%Y%m%d` > host=`hostname -f` > file=mailman.lists.${datestr}.tar.gz > filepath=~/backups/${file} > sendto="root" > > cd /var/lib/mailman > tar zcf ${filepath} lists > cd ~/backups > mimemail ${file} ${filepath} ${sendto} > #rm ${file} > --<cut>- > > Yeah, there are some hard coded paths in there. Sue me. I never > said they were pretty, merely that they worked. Brief explanation: > > mimemail takes three arguments: the Subject: of the message its > going to send, the file it is going to send, and the address it is > going to send it to. mimemail depends on the nmh tools to build > the MIME message. > > mailman.backup takes no arguments. It creates a compressed > tarball of ~mailman/lists in the file > ~/backups/mailman.lists.YYMMDD.tar.gz > > eg: mailman.lists.20011128.tar.gz > > And then uses mimemail to send that file to root@localhost > (edit/change if you want) before deleting it. > > To use drop them in a cronjob something like: > > 0 6 * * 0 /home/archiver/bin/mailman.backup > > A sample execution should look something like: > > $ ./mailman.backup > -- Posting for All Recipients -- > -- Local Recipients -- > root: address ok > -- Recipient Copies Posted -- > Message Processed > > The result will be that every time the cronjob runs it will send you > (in this case [EMAIL PROTECTED]) a message looking something like: > > Subject: mailman.lists.20011128.tar.gz > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 21:12:55 -0800 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <MIME attachment application/octet-stream> > > Where the MIME attachment is the tarball constructed by > ~/bin/mailman.backup. Edit the value of sendto in mailman.backup if > you want them going somewhere else. > > I've added this to FAQ at: > > http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.006.htp > > -- > J C Lawrence > ---------(*) Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] He lived as a devil, eh? > http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/ Evil is a name of a foeman, as I live. > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users
