Eric Shubert schreef op 7-4-2014 23:12: > On 04/07/2014 02:04 PM, Peter Peterse wrote: >> Eric Shubert schreef op 7-4-2014 22:49: >>> On 04/07/2014 01:24 PM, Peter Peterse wrote: >>>> Eric Shubert schreef op 7-4-2014 22:19: >>>>> On 04/07/2014 01:12 PM, Peter Peterse wrote: >>>>>> Eric Shubert schreef op 7-4-2014 22:01: >>>>>>> On 04/07/2014 12:46 PM, Peter Peterse wrote: >>>>>>>> Eric Shubert schreef op 7-4-2014 20:54: >>>>>>>>> On 04/07/2014 11:47 AM, Peter Peterse wrote: >>>>>>>>>> Eric Shubert schreef op 7-4-2014 18:29: >>>>>>>>>>> What was the error? Same? >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I take it doing a cd before the command and omitting >>>>>>>>>>> --directory >>>>>>>>>>> worked? >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Thanks. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Hello Eric, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Yes when I've change the script to: >>>>>>>>>> ========== >>>>>>>>>> cd $backupdest >>>>>>>>>> tar -C $backupdest \ >>>>>>>>>> -czf $backupdest/$curlfile $DATENAME-* > /dev/null 2>&1 >>>>>>>>>> ========== >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> The script worked correctly. >>>>>>>>>> It look like the last $DATENAME-* don't work with the tar >>>>>>>>>> command on >>>>>>>>>> this way. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> $ touch /tmp/testfile.txt >>>>>>>>>> $ tar -C /tmp -czf /tmp/test.tgz testfile* >>>>>>>>>> tar: testfile*: Cannot stat: No such file or directory >>>>>>>>>> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> While it will work when I use the next command >>>>>>>>>> $ tar -C /tmp -czf /tmp/test.tgz testfile.txt >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> There are more backup files not correct: >>>>>>>>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 46 Apr 7 06:35 >>>>>>>>>> 201404070635-squirrelmail-plugins.tar.bz2 >>>>>>>>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 46 Apr 7 06:35 >>>>>>>>>> 201404070635-squirrelmail-prefs.tar.bz2 >>>>>>>>>> These to are empty tar files. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>>> Peter >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> That's very strange to me. Using the -C option is supposed to be >>>>>>>>> preferable to doing a cd before the tar command. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Would someone care to look into this in detail? This needs to be >>>>>>>>> fixed >>>>>>>>> so that it works on both COS5 and COS6. It might be a while >>>>>>>>> before I >>>>>>>>> get to look at it, as what time I have is being spent on >>>>>>>>> finishing up >>>>>>>>> the COS6 release. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Thanks. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi Eric, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> It looks like a issue with the combination between shell and tar: >>>>>>>> <http://superuser.com/questions/266422/tar-c-with-a-wildcard-file-pattern> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Does it work on your CentOS 6 system, because I've test it on one >>>>>>>> of my >>>>>>>> CentOS 6.5 systems and the result is: >>>>>>>> # ls -l /tmp/testfile.txt >>>>>>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Apr 7 21:41 /tmp/testfile.txt >>>>>>>> # tar -C /tmp -czf /tmp/test.tgz testfile* >>>>>>>> tar: testfile*: Cannot stat: No such file or directory >>>>>>>> tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>> Peter >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I should've caught that. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Does "testfile*" work? >>>>>>> (putting the string with wildcard in quotes) >>>>>>> I expect it will. >>>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Eric, >>>>>> >>>>>> Sorry but on both of my systems it don't work: >>>>>> >>>>>> CentOS 5.10: >>>>>> # touch /tmp/testfile.txt >>>>>> # tar -C /tmp -zcvf /tmp/testbackup.tgz "testfile*" >>>>>> tar: testfile*: Cannot stat: No such file or directory >>>>>> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors >>>>>> >>>>>> On CentOS 6.5: >>>>>> # touch /tmp/testfile.txt >>>>>> # tar -C /tmp -zcvf /tmp/testbackup.tgz "testfile*" >>>>>> tar: testfile*: Cannot stat: No such file or directory >>>>>> tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> Peter >>>>>> >>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> What about with single quotes? e.g.: >>>>> 'testfile*' >>>> >>>> Still the same. >>>> >>>> CentOS 5.10: >>>> # tar -C /tmp -zcvf /tmp/testbackup.tgz 'testfile*' >>>> tar: testfile*: Cannot stat: No such file or directory >>>> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors >>>> >>>> CentOS 6.5: >>>> # tar -C /tmp -zcvf /tmp/testbackup.tgz 'testfile*' >>>> tar: testfile*: Cannot stat: No such file or directory >>>> tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: >>>> qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Ok, I think I've fixed both backup and restore scripts now, including >>> the squirrelmail prefs. >>> >>> Please try scripts in qtp svn repo: >>> http://qtp.qmailtoaster.com/trac/export/178/bin/qtp-backup >>> http://qtp.qmailtoaster.com/trac/export/178/bin/qtp-restore >>> >>> If they work I'll cut another qtp release. >>> >>> Thanks. Your help is greatly appreciated. >>> >> Hello Eric, >> >> when I do a: >> wget http://qtp.qmailtoaster.com/trac/export/178/bin/qtp-backup >> >> I get an file which is created on May 30 2013 >> >> I don't see any changes between the version on my system and the one Ive >> júst downloaded. >> >> Regards, >> Peter >> > > Sorry. Hadn't committed changes. > s/178/179/ >
Hi Eric, the backup is running. I will answer the result when it's done. -- Met vriendelijke groet, Peter Peterse --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com For additional commands, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com
