On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 10:55:42AM -0500, KEVIN ZEMBOWER wrote: > It just dawned on me that I won't be in the office next Monday or > Tuesday. I have a backup cronned for M-F at 1800. My first idea of what > to do is just to leave the system alone, let it backup to disk Monday > and Tuesday, and first thing Wednesday, amflush the backup to tape. > > Is this okay to do? Is this what most folks are doing? I could also
That's what I do. Provided you've a large enough holding disk to provide space for a couple of backups, you're certainly in better shape if you run the backups than if you don't. > comment out the cron jobs for Monday and Tuesday easily enough. Would > this be better? > > Thanks for your suggestions. > > -Kevin Zembower -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dan Wilder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Technical Manager & Editor SSC, Inc. P.O. Box 55549 Phone: 206-782-8808 Seattle, WA 98155-0549 URL http://embedded.linuxjournal.com/ -----------------------------------------------------------------
