Karen Donathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello. > > What is the best way to back up the html directory? We do not have a > tape drive. Is there a way to have an automated .tar file created and > sent as email so I could save it on another server? Any help would be > great!
Ah ... a neophyte unwittingly asking to be taught the magic of shell-scripting. Yes, you can do everything you ask. The trick is to write a shell script to automate it for you, then add the shell script to cron to be automagically executed on a schedule. Here's my suggestion: 1) Study the attached shell script, it backs up to a seperate HDD, but it'll give you an idea of how things work 2) Read up on "man mail" to learn how to use the mail program from a shell script 3) Write your own and test it from the command line. 4) Add a cron entry to automate it. 5) Once you're getting good backups, look into using rsync to make the process even smoother. <begin simple backup shell script> #!/bin/sh # Takes the files in /backup/source and bzips them into an # archive in /backup/archive # Also deletes archive files older than a certain amount DATE=`/bin/date "+%F"` MAXAGE=14 /usr/bin/tar cyf /backup/archive/backup-${DATE}.tbz /backup/source > /dev/null 2>&1 /usr/bin/find /backup/archive -mtime ${MAXAGE} -delete <end simple backup shell script> -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"