Scripting backup of file naming?

2004-06-07 Thread Bart Silverstrim
Hello scripting gurus.. I'm sure this is an easy one for someone out there. Here's what I'd like to do, and hoping someone out there knows a simple way to do this without ripping my hair out. Scenario: *Two servers, Server1 and Server2. *I want Server1 to copy a set of files from Server2 on a

Re: Scripting backup of file naming?

2004-06-07 Thread Chuck Swiger
Bart Silverstrim wrote: [ ... ] *problem; on server1, I'm going to have two directories: ~/archive and ~/workingdir. I want the scp to move the files from server2 to ~/workingdir, tar and zip them as a file name with a date attached (like backup06072004.tgz) to make the filename distinctive,

Re: Scripting backup of file naming?

2004-06-07 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2004-06-07 11:01, Bart Silverstrim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *problem; on server1, I'm going to have two directories: ~/archive and ~/workingdir. I want the scp to move the files from server2 to ~/workingdir, tar and zip them as a file name with a date attached (like backup06072004.tgz) to