On Jun 2, 2011 5:50 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would say it depends on what you mean by 'wrong' > > I handle the backups for a local government, so yes, that is wrong, very wrong. >
I know where you're coming from. I think the list has quite a few public sector members in various capacities ;-) > But it depends what you need it for. If you are happy with the retention that that gives you, then that's fine. > Sorry. I've probably given you the wrong impression. Data from the backup directory would be backed up too another box. That box in turn is backed up elsewhere. 7 days is the local retention only. > The only suggestion I would make is that you should create the backup first, and only if the backup is created successfully should you delete the old one > Again, my fault, but the final script would run validation checks. I was basically asking if people use find rather than over complicating things as I've seen elsewhere. I wouldn't use that script as is. Chris
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