Re: backup script modification help

2007-06-05 Thread Nate Duehr
On Jun 4, 2007, at 11:22 AM, Wei Chen wrote: I recommend rdiff-backup. It does incremental backups. It is easy to use and has powerful statistics displaying functions. I personally use it. It is in the repository so easy to install. There is detailed document and sample commands on its We

Re: backup script modification help

2007-06-04 Thread Wei Chen
On 6/4/07, Wackojacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Haines Brown wrote: > I use cron to do a periodic full backup to an external USB drive that > I've named "mirror". The script used is: > > find / -print | egrep -v "^/media/mirror|^/proc" | cpio -pdmuv > /media/mirror/"$1" 2>&1 | cat -vt > > Since

Re: backup script modification help

2007-06-04 Thread Haines Brown
Mike et al, Thanks for the fix and the suggestions. I understood the script just to the extent I could mess it up ;-( -- Haines Brown, KB1GRM -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: backup script modification help

2007-06-04 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 07:15:49AM -0400, Haines Brown wrote: >> I use cron to do a periodic full backup to an external USB drive that >> I've named "mirror". The script used is: >> >> find / -print | egrep -v "^/media/mirr

Re: backup script modification help

2007-06-04 Thread Michael G. Hansen
Haines Brown wrote: > I use cron to do a periodic full backup to an external USB drive that > I've named "mirror". The script used is: > > find / -print | egrep -v "^/media/mirror|^/proc" | cpio -pdmuv > /media/mirror/"$1" 2>&1 | cat -vt You could try "find -xdev" which prevents find from entering

Re: backup script modification help

2007-06-04 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 07:15:49AM -0400, Haines Brown wrote: > I use cron to do a periodic full backup to an external USB drive that > I've named "mirror". The script used is: > > find / -print | egrep -v "^/media/mirror|^/proc" | cpio -pdmuv > /media/mirror/"$1" 2>&1 | cat -vt > > Since instal

Re: backup script modification help

2007-06-04 Thread Roby
Haines Brown wrote: > I use cron to do a periodic full backup to an external USB drive that > I've named "mirror". The script used is: > > find / -print | egrep -v "^/media/mirror|^/proc" | cpio -pdmuv > /media/mirror/"$1" 2>&1 | cat -vt > > Since installing Etch, this script has not worked well

Re: backup script modification help

2007-06-04 Thread Wackojacko
Haines Brown wrote: I use cron to do a periodic full backup to an external USB drive that I've named "mirror". The script used is: find / -print | egrep -v "^/media/mirror|^/proc" | cpio -pdmuv /media/mirror/"$1" 2>&1 | cat -vt Since installing Etch, this script has not worked well because it

Re: backup script modification help

2007-06-04 Thread Atis
On 04 Jun 2007 07:15:49 -0400, Haines Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I use cron to do a periodic full backup to an external USB drive that I've named "mirror". The script used is: find / -print | egrep -v "^/media/mirror|^/proc" | cpio -pdmuv /media/mirror/"$1" 2>&1 | cat -vt Since installing