On Sun, 14 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Afio is definitely the best backup program I've used so far - I've
> attached the script I use to make backups of my system with it.
>
> find . -depth -print | grep -v '^./var/spool' |
> grep -v '^./usr/local/src' | grep -v '^./proc' | grep -v '^./tmp' |
> grep -v '^./var/tmp' | grep -v '^./home/morph/lprtemp' >
> /tmp/full.filelist
Why not use a single grep instead of all these greps:
grep -v -e '^./var/spool' -e '^./usr/local/src' -e '^./proc' \
-e '^./tmp' -e '^./var/tmp' -e '^./home/morph/lprtemp'
I think this is clearer (speed is barely affected due to massive io).
> echo -e " done."
> echo -e "Starting Backup... \c"
> cat /tmp/full.filelist |
> afio -o -b 10k -c 1000 -s 1544m -Z -G 4 -z /dev/qft0
This is UUOC (Usless Use Of Cat), you could have used plain file
redirections instead of cat.
afio ...... < /tmp/full.filelist
or (I find it harder to read)
< /tmp/full.filelist \
afio .......
You can read more on news://comp.unix.shell
Here, it does not affect speed (massive io), but it is a bad coding
practice.
Michael
P.S. If you object to UUOC, please mail me directly to avoid flame wars.
All I wanted was to point out some things that I did not like in the
script (Only a matter of taste).
