On 15 Feb 2002 14:42:50 +0900 Charles Muller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> revealed these words to me:
> I have been going through some Linux books, and I get the general idea, > but I am not sure exactly how to go about this. > > I have a backup that I want to run daily, that goes something like this > > $ tar cvzf /mnt/win_d/docs/e-mail/evolution/evol.tar.gz > /home/chuck/evolution > > > I would like to save this in a file that I can run as a command, like a > BAT file in DOS. I assume then, that I would save this script in a text > file. Then, what else should I do, in terms of naming, or other > preparation, to have it available as a command? > > Thanks, > > Chuck > if you want an incremental backup (meaning the previous day's mail is saved), try this instead tar zcvf /mnt/win_d/docs/e-mail/evolution/evol-`date +%Y%m%d`.tgz /home/chuck/evolution and put it in the cron jobs to be executed daily(search the archives on how to submit a job to cron). this way your backups have the date on their filename. ciao! -- "Programming, an artform that fights back." ============================= Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer Millennium Software, Incorporated 2305 B West Tower, Philippines Stocks Exchange Center, Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Tel# 638-3070 loc. 72 Fax# 638-3079 =============================
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