Have you considered moving the 'database' to an SQL database that has live backup functionality? (Interbase is what I usually use).
That would alleviate this problem. Just another 2cents ;-) > -----Original Message----- > From: Emmanuel Seyman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 08:58 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Backing up a directory > > > On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 08:20:50AM -0500, Brenden Walker wrote: > > > > cp the directory to another dir, and tar that. > > I thought of that but the directory grows bigger evrey day. > Copying it then making a tar would require having 2 times > its size in free space. It's possible but not very pratical. > > [root@poe /root]# du -sm /home/fics > 884 /home/fics > > Thanks for the advice. > > Emmanuel > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
