[Techtalk] rsync backup script

[Carla Schroder]

On Monday 21 June 2004 5:00 pm, Kai MacTane wrote:
> At 6/21/04 04:41 PM , Carla Schroder wrote:
> >Does anyone have a really really cool rsync script they'd like to share? 
> >All I know is script 'rsync -a  -e ssh sourc dest' and slap it into cron.
> >
> >Something that does some error-checking and logging would be luverly. It's 
> >for publication, so you'll get fame and glory. I've tested a number of 
> >scripts I found on Google, and haven't found anything that doesn't need a 
> >lot of babysitting, which rather defeats the purpose. For Linux only, 
> >don't worry
> >about exotic Unixes.
> 
> Does it have to be rsync, or can it use scp? I have a fairly nifty bash 
> script that tars up a whole bunch of stuff, then scps the tar file to 
> another machine. It also does a variety of other stuff, like mounts and 
> umounts the partition the tar file goes onto, removes preexisting backups 
> from that partition if it looks like there won't be enough space, and so on.
> 

I'd like to see it. tar is still a great utility, and it sounds like an 
interesting script. 

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