tabanna wrote:
> Hi Sam :)
>
> i am a newby so i don't know too much :(
>
> .. . . what about making a shell script something like this :-
>
> #!/bin/sh
> # shell script named "bup"
> # tar etc
> #
> tar czvf /zip/etcYYMMDD.tar.gz /etc /root /boot
> /and/what/ever/else/you/want
>
> then, at the command line, type 'sh bup' . . . and off you go ?
>
> best :)
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That will work. You don't even have to do 'sh bup' just 'bup' or './bup' if .
isn't in your path. You want to make sure that /zip is not part of
/and/what/ever/else/you/want though or you'll get the ever expanding file ;-).
You might want to make the tar file name a variable like this:
tar czvf $1 /etc /root /boot /and/what/ever/else/you/want
Then you would invoke the command like this:
./bup /zip/etcYYMMDD.tar.gz
Or, better yet:
tar czvf /zip/`date '+%y%m%d'`.tar.gz /etc /root /boot
/and/what/ever/else/you/want
then it will set the date automatically for you.
Jan 'Evil Twin' Depner
Biscuit and the Blues Bakers
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