Re: Rysnc Schedule
I guess I should have been clearer. I know how to delete files/directories. I am just not sure how to delete say the 31st and so forth. Chuck Wolber wrote: On Wed, 18 Jul 2007, sparty2809 wrote: I understand how to do the rsync part, but how would I delete the files? In linux, you delete files with the rm command... In windows you'd probably want to use deltree... Or, you could get really fancy and use directed charges of thermite, although that might make it difficult to re-use portions of the disk... ..Chuck.. -- http://www.quantumlinux.com Quantum Linux Laboratories, LLC. ACCELERATING Business with Open Technology The measure of the restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social values more noble than mere monetary profit. - FDR 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Rysnc-Schedule-tf4104577.html#a11688212 Sent from the Samba - rsync mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: Rysnc Schedule
/usr/bin/find /var/backup/* -mtime +30 -exec rm -rf {} \;
Anything older than 30 days gets deleted from /var/backup/
On Thu, 2007-07-19 at 05:46 -0700, sparty2809 wrote:
I guess I should have been clearer. I know how to delete files/directories.
I am just not sure how to delete say the 31st and so forth.
Chuck Wolber wrote:
On Wed, 18 Jul 2007, sparty2809 wrote:
I understand how to do the rsync part, but how would I delete the files?
In linux, you delete files with the rm command... In windows you'd
probably want to use deltree... Or, you could get really fancy and use
directed charges of thermite, although that might make it difficult to
re-use portions of the disk...
..Chuck..
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Re: Rysnc Schedule
On 7/19/07, Rick Romero [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
/usr/bin/find /var/backup/* -mtime +30 -exec rm -rf {} \;
Anything older than 30 days gets deleted from /var/backup/
That's no good: it deletes individual files that happen to be older
than 30 days from even yesterday's backup. This is better:
find /var/backup -maxdepth 1 -mtime +30 -exec rm -rf {} \;
Sparty2809, are you sure you don't want to use rsnapshot? It does all
of this for you.
Matt
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Re: Rysnc Schedule
On Thu, 2007-07-19 at 09:30 -0400, Matt McCutchen wrote:
On 7/19/07, Rick Romero [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
/usr/bin/find /var/backup/* -mtime +30 -exec rm -rf {} \;
Anything older than 30 days gets deleted from /var/backup/
That's no good: it deletes individual files that happen to be older
than 30 days from even yesterday's backup. This is better:
find /var/backup -maxdepth 1 -mtime +30 -exec rm -rf {} \;
Oh of course - that's what I get for copying an existing cronjob and not
thinking it through.
Sparty2809, are you sure you don't want to use rsnapshot? It does all
of this for you.
I very well may use rsnapshot - I've been putting off trying to do a
rotation like that on my own, it looks like a great solution.
Rick
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Re: Rysnc Schedule
On 7/19/07, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Never used it before. Does it have a gui? No. You edit the configuration file /etc/rsnapshot.conf and then run rsnapshot from the command line with the name of the backup interval, like rsnapshot daily. Please don't be put off by having to edit a configuration file yourself; it's pretty straightforward. Just go through and replace the samples with the paths and settings that you want to use. There are plenty of comments to guide you. Matt -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: Rysnc Schedule
On 7/19/07, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know how to use the command prompt, was just curious if it had a gui. OK. Please don't take any offense at my offering a little extra support in case you were a user who needed it. So this can backup for 30 days and once 30 days comes up, it will delete the 1st day and add the 31st? Yes. Just set a backup interval of daily with 30 snapshots in the configuration file. If you like, you can also add other intervals, e.g., weekly snapshots for the past 10 weeks. Matt -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: Rysnc Schedule
Sorry, I didn't mean to come off rude. I appreciate the help. I will look into it and see how it works. Thanks for all the suggestions. Matt McCutchen-3 wrote: On 7/19/07, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know how to use the command prompt, was just curious if it had a gui. OK. Please don't take any offense at my offering a little extra support in case you were a user who needed it. So this can backup for 30 days and once 30 days comes up, it will delete the 1st day and add the 31st? Yes. Just set a backup interval of daily with 30 snapshots in the configuration file. If you like, you can also add other intervals, e.g., weekly snapshots for the past 10 weeks. Matt -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Rysnc-Schedule-tf4104577.html#a11699492 Sent from the Samba - rsync mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: Rysnc Schedule
About 4 hours after my reply I had a functional rsnapshot install - what took me so long (besides having 'real' work to do ;) was trying to figure out how to split up my vpopmail/domains directories so the rsync wouldn't take so long (because of so many files/directories). I ended up using the 'include_conf' directive, and dynamically creating a file with just backup points. It seems like a great solution, and was easy to install and setup. Thanks! Rick On Jul 19, 2007, at 6:09 PM, sparty2809 wrote: Sorry, I didn't mean to come off rude. I appreciate the help. I will look into it and see how it works. Thanks for all the suggestions. Matt McCutchen-3 wrote: On 7/19/07, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know how to use the command prompt, was just curious if it had a gui. OK. Please don't take any offense at my offering a little extra support in case you were a user who needed it. So this can backup for 30 days and once 30 days comes up, it will delete the 1st day and add the 31st? Yes. Just set a backup interval of daily with 30 snapshots in the configuration file. If you like, you can also add other intervals, e.g., weekly snapshots for the past 10 weeks. Matt -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart- questions.html -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Rysnc-Schedule- tf4104577.html#a11699492 Sent from the Samba - rsync mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/ listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart- questions.html -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: Rysnc Schedule
On 7/18/07, sparty2809 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I want to do is use rsync to back up a folder to an external drive. I would like to keep 30 days worth. For example: I have backups of June 1 - June 30. Once July 1 comes along, I want to keep June 2 - July 1 and delete June 1, and so forth. Any ideas how I can accomplish this? You can do this very easily with rsnapshot ( http://www.rsnapshot.org/ ), a backup program built around rsync. It manages a rotating set of snapshots that all appear to be full, but unchanged files are hard-linked from one snapshot to the next to save storage. You would configure it with a single backup point and a single interval, daily, with 30 snapshots. If space on the external disk is an issue, you could use rdiff-backup ( http://www.nongnu.org/rdiff-backup/ ) instead. It represents old versions of a file using a chain of backward deltas instead of full copies. Matt -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: Rysnc Schedule
On Wed, 18 Jul 2007, sparty2809 wrote: What I want to do is use rsync to back up a folder to an external drive. I would like to keep 30 days worth. For example: I have backups of June 1 - June 30. Once July 1 comes along, I want to keep June 2 - July 1 and delete June 1, and so forth. Any ideas how I can accomplish this? Do the backups with rsync and write a shell script that runs every night that deletes the 31st (and greater) backup. ..Chuck.. -- http://www.quantumlinux.com Quantum Linux Laboratories, LLC. ACCELERATING Business with Open Technology The measure of the restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social values more noble than mere monetary profit. - FDR 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: Rysnc Schedule
I understand how to do the rsync part, but how would I delete the files? Chuck Wolber wrote: On Wed, 18 Jul 2007, sparty2809 wrote: What I want to do is use rsync to back up a folder to an external drive. I would like to keep 30 days worth. For example: I have backups of June 1 - June 30. Once July 1 comes along, I want to keep June 2 - July 1 and delete June 1, and so forth. Any ideas how I can accomplish this? Do the backups with rsync and write a shell script that runs every night that deletes the 31st (and greater) backup. ..Chuck.. -- http://www.quantumlinux.com Quantum Linux Laboratories, LLC. ACCELERATING Business with Open Technology The measure of the restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social values more noble than mere monetary profit. - FDR 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Rysnc-Schedule-tf4104577.html#a11678999 Sent from the Samba - rsync mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: Rysnc Schedule
On Wed, 18 Jul 2007, sparty2809 wrote: I understand how to do the rsync part, but how would I delete the files? In linux, you delete files with the rm command... In windows you'd probably want to use deltree... Or, you could get really fancy and use directed charges of thermite, although that might make it difficult to re-use portions of the disk... ..Chuck.. -- http://www.quantumlinux.com Quantum Linux Laboratories, LLC. ACCELERATING Business with Open Technology The measure of the restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social values more noble than mere monetary profit. - FDR 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: Rysnc Schedule
On 7/18/2007, Chuck Wolber ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: In linux, you delete files with the rm command... OT follow-up... Is there an alternate way to remove an entire directory *without* traversing the directory itself? -- Best regards, Charles -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: Rysnc Schedule
On 7/18/07, Charles Marcus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there an alternate way to remove an entire directory *without* traversing the directory itself? No filesystem that I know of provides one, although it would be great to be able to issue a single unlink or rmdir call and have the filesystem traverse the directory and free its insides in the background. Matt -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
