thanks for details howto .... I will go for it. Arun
On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Marian 'VooDooMan' Meravy <v...@receptar.sk > wrote: > Hi, > > crontab -e > > opens the default editor for your crontab. as an example, mine is: > > 0 4 * * * backup.sh > > I am using vixie-cron, so before this crontab line I have as well: > > PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/home/my_account_name/bin > > above means that each day at 4 AM it will run "backup.sh", I have this > script in directory /home/my_account_name/bin/ > > (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crontab ) > > my "backup.sh" is rather complicated, but basically it something like: > > #!/bin/sh > rdiff-backup --print-statistics /path/from/ u...@example.com::/path/to/ > 2>&1 ; echo "RC = $?" > > which means it will backup /path/from/ to remote machine example.com > under account name "user" (via ssh) and into /path/to/ on that machine, > and after backup all up echo out the return code. Since cron daemon is > executing these commands, all "echo out"/output from rdiff-backup will > get mailed to root account of the machine the crontab is installed. If > you are using vixie-cron, you can change mail address via: > > MAILTO=myaddr...@example.com > > or just > > MAILTO=myaddress > > (the latter will send mail to "myaddress" account on the same machine it > runs). So in case of vixie-cron (extensions) crontab (via "crontab -e") > will look like: > > MAILTO=myaddr...@example.com > PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/home/my_account_name/bin > 0 4 * * * backup.sh > > best, > vdm > . > > On 10. 12. 2011 6:00, Arun Shrimali wrote: > > Dear All, > > > > Kindly suggest, how should I configure "cron email and for > > --print-statistics" > > > > Arun > > > > On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 10:19 PM, Marian 'VooDooMan' Meravy > > <v...@receptar.sk>wrote: > > > >> +1 for cron email and for --print-statistics as well, I have no problems > >> with these. > >> > >> of course, mentioned nagios solution might be interesting too, but I > >> will try it when I will have extra time to configure nagios ;-) (since I > >> have never seen it yet live...). > >> > >> best, > >> vdm > >> . > >> > >> On 9. 12. 2011 15:27, c...@bus.net wrote: > >>> On Fri, Dec 09, 2011 at 06:12:17AM -0800, Adrian Klaver wrote: > >>>> On Thursday, December 08, 2011 9:31:43 pm Arun Shrimali wrote: > >>>>> Dear All, > >>>>> > >>>>> I have configured rdiffbackup for my server, which is working > >> perfectly for > >>>>> daily incremental remote backup. > >>>>> > >>>>> But to confirm that the backup has been done successfully, I have to > >> go to > >>>>> backup server and check the file /rdiff-backup-data/backup.log > >>>>> > >>>>> Is there any other way (through e-mail) to confirm that backup has > been > >>>>> done successfully.... > >>>> > >>>> Don't know if this would work for you but I have several backups > >> running via > >>>> cron jobs and I get an email though cron. The amount of information is > >>>> controllable through the -vX switch where X is an integer 0-9 > indicating > >>>> increasing verbosity. > >>>> > >>> > >>> +1 for cron email. Except I use --print-statistics > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org > >>> https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users > >>> Wiki URL: > >> http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org > >> https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users > >> Wiki URL: > >> http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org > > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users > > Wiki URL: > http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki > > > _______________________________________________ > rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users > Wiki URL: > http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki >
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