By way of answering question 3, have a look at the sysback script below. Understand I'm going to patch it a little so another version that puts dates in file names for the .log file and the actual backup files as well so another version will appear.
cut here. #!/bin/sh # system backup script # uses tar to do a system backup to zip disks in /dev/hdd4 # excluded directories are: /proc/ and /tmp/ echo "put a zip disk in drive for system backup" read cd / echo "system backup log started:" >/tmp/sysback.log date >>/tmp/sysback.log mount -t vfat /dev/hdd4 /zip tar zcMpPv --exclude=/proc,/tmp --file=/zip/sysback.tar / 2>&1 >>/root/sysback.log mv /tmp/sysback.log /root/sysback.log cp /root/sysback.log /var/adm/archive/sysback.log umount /zip cut here. Jude <dashielljt(at)gmpexpress-dot-net> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
