Re: backing up /etc

2002-03-21 Thread andrea gelmini
On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 11:26:30PM -, Shri Shrikumar wrote: > Simple question - is there a way to backup merely the files in /etc that > have been modified. apt-get install mirrordir

Re: backing up /etc - exceptions

2002-03-20 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya shri > > # > > # backup of last 7 days > > # > > # adjust days to when the last time you did your manual backups > > # > > days=7 > > ymd=(date +20%y.%m.%d) > > # > > mount /dev/hd /mnt/backup > > find /etc -mtime -$days -print |tar > zcvf/mnt/backup/etc.$ymd.$days.tgz -T - > > umount /

Re: backing up /etc

2002-03-20 Thread Shri Shrikumar
- Original Message - From: "Alvin Oga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Shri Shrikumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "debian users" Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 2:48 AM Subject: Re: backing up /etc > > hi ya > > assuming oyu have a di

Re: backing up /etc

2002-03-19 Thread Jeff
Shri Shrikumar, 2002-Mar-19 23:26 -: > Hi All, > > > Simple question - is there a way to backup merely the files in /etc that > have been modified. > > Only a dozen or so config files have been modified and it seems a bit of > a waste to backup around 5Mb of config files when the ones that h

Re: backing up /etc

2002-03-19 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya assuming oyu have a different disk mounted as /mnt/backup ( never backup important data to the same hard disk ) # # backup of last 7 days # # adjust days to when the last time you did your manual backups # days=7 ymd=(date +20%y.%m.%d) # mount /dev/hd /mnt/backup find /etc -m

backing up /etc

2002-03-19 Thread Shri Shrikumar
Hi All, Simple question - is there a way to backup merely the files in /etc that have been modified. Only a dozen or so config files have been modified and it seems a bit of a waste to backup around 5Mb of config files when the ones that have been modified could easily fit on a floppy along with