Re: Scripting Question - tar

2008-07-11 Thread T o n g 
On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:04:38 -0500, Kent West wrote:

 tar -cvzf - --one-file-system /home | split -b 2000m -

Side note since the problem has been solved. 

You might want to look into dar, which will do splitting for you
automatically, as well as many other desired features for backup
(incremental, has catalog for fast search  restore, and many many 
others...). 

 dar - Disk ARchive: Backup directory tree and files

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Scripting Question - tar

2008-07-10 Thread Kent West 

I have this script (stripped down to basics):


#!/bin/bash
sourceDir='/home/'# Directory you're backing up
targetDir='/TERASTATIONBACKUP/GOSHEN/'$(date +%Y)# Destination 
directory for the tarball
targFileBase='GoshensHome'# Desired base part of the 
tarball's filename


targetFile=$targetDir/`date +%Y-%b-%e`.tgz
echo Tarring up source into target
echo  $targetFile
tar -czvf - --one-file-system $sourceDir | split -b 2000m $targetFile


The script fails with this output:


Tarring up source into target
 /TERASTATIONBACKUP/GOSHEN/2008/2008-Jul-10.tgz

split: cannot open `/TERASTATIONBACKUP/GOSHEN/2008/2008-Jul-10.tgz' 
for reading: No such file or directory

tar: Removing leading `/' from member names


But, if I comment out the tar line above and replace it with this line:

tar -cvzf - --one-file-system /home | split -b 2000m - 
/TERASTATIONBACKUP/GOSHEN/2008/2008-Jul-10.tgz


the script works.

Am I just not seeing a typo somewhere? Why is my script failing?

Thanks!

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Re: Scripting Question - tar

2008-07-10 Thread Owen Townend 
  tar -cvzf - --one-file-system /home | split -b 2000m -
 /TERASTATIONBACKUP/GOSHEN/2008/2008-Jul-10.tgz
vs
  tar -czvf - --one-file-system $sourceDir | split -b 2000m $targetFile

  Am I just not seeing a typo somewhere? Why is my script failing?

  Thanks!

Hey,
 You're missing the '-' for stdin

tar -czvf - --one-file-system $sourceDir | split -b 2000m - $targetFile

:)

cheers,
Owen.


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Re: Scripting Question - tar

2008-07-10 Thread Kent West 

Owen Townend wrote:

Kent West wrote:

 Am I just not seeing a typo somewhere? Why is my script failing?




Hey,
 You're missing the '-' for stdin

tar -czvf - --one-file-system $sourceDir | split -b 2000m - $targetFile
  


Ah, thank you!


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