On Friday 29 Aug 2003 01:53, Stephen Liu wrote: > Hi Peter, > > Could you please advise how to use your script to start backup. Also > can backup start automatically at scheduled time? > > Thanks in advance. > > B.Regards > Stephen Liu
# chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/my-rsync ...then edit root's crontab: # crontab -e and add these lines: MAILTO=<normal user> # do rsync backup nightly 0 1 * * * /usr/local/bin/my-rsync then it will run at 1 o'clock every morning > > On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 06:26, Peter Ruskin wrote: > > On Thursday 28 Aug 2003 22:06, Pupeno wrote: > > > Hello... I have one HD with a various partitions (10 GB NTFS, the > > > linux swap, the /boot partition and my main partition), it is an > > > 80 GB HD... I have another 80 GB HD to make back ups... what > > > method of backing up do you recomend me ? Something that is fast > > > to recover being that I have a whole HD to do the back up ? > > > Something that is faster than doing a whole 'copy' every night ? > > > Thank you. > > > > #================================================================== > >==== #! /bin/bash > > # /usr/local/bin/my-rsync > > ####################### > > # Backup Script > > ####################### > > > > BACKUP_TO=/mnt/backup > > EXCLUDE=/usr/local/bin/rsync-exclude > > > > echo " Mounting boot partition..." > > mount /boot -o ro > > echo > > echo " Mounting backup disk..." > > mount $BACKUP_TO > > sleep 4 > > echo > > echo " Performing backup..." > > echo > > rsync --progress --delete -av --exclude-from=$EXCLUDE / > > $BACKUP_TO/rsync/ > > > > echo > > echo " Unmounting boot and backup partitions..." > > > > /bin/umount -l /boot > > /bin/umount -l $BACKUP_TO > > > > echo > > echo " Spinning down backup disk..." > > /sbin/hdparm -y /dev/hdc # spin down disk > > #================================================================== > >==== # /usr/local/bin/rsync-exclude: > > - /tmp/ > > - /var/lib/init.d/ > > - /mnt/backup/ > > - /mnt/cdrom/ > > - /mnt/floppy/ > > - /proc/ > > - /usr/portage/distfiles/ > > - /root/.ccache/ > > - /home/peter/.ccache/ > > #================================================================== > >==== > > > > Peter > > To Get Your Own iCareHK.com Email Address? Go To www.iCareHK.com. > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- ====================================================================== Gentoo: Portage 2.0.48-r5 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r1) kernel-2.4.22_pre2-gss i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1600+ ====================================================================== -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
