On Thursday 02 December 2010 09:33 PM, Kshitiz wrote: > > ------------- > > if ! mount -t ntfs | grep /dev/sdc1 | grep /backup> /dev/null > then > mount /dev/sdc1 > fi > if mount -t ntfs | grep /dev/sdc1 | grep /backup> /dev/null > then >
Instead of the above 'grep bhai grep' lines simply do an if grep -q "/mount_point" /etc/mtab then echo "The device is mounted" else mount /mount_point # Whatever you defined in /etc/fstab for your backup device. # Now continue further with the remaining rsync script again using whatever Binad said in the other mail. if ps -ef | grep '[r]sync' then # whatever. > if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then #rsync isn't running - let's launch it now > rsync -avz -e --delete /home/ /backup > rsync --delete /home /backup? If someone has deleted a file from the source dir, you are making sure that the available backup is also deleted? Not a very pleasant situation. Assuming that your script is for usb devices and runs automatically, is there any protection to ensure that someone does not plug in a personal disk and walk away with the data so neatly backed up? -- As a proper list etiquette... Please trim your replies. Post your replies below the relevant original text, leaving a line space. Do not re-use old messages to write new ones. Regards, Rony. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
