Here is a script that I find useful for doing backups of selected directories.. #!/bin/bash # # creates backups of essential files # DATA="/home /root /srv /usr/local/bin /var/spool/imap" CONFIG="/etc /var/lib /var/named" LIST="/tmp/backlist_$$.txt" # set $(date) # mount /scratchspace if test "$1" = "Sun" ; then # weekly a full backup of all data and config. settings: # rm -f /scratchspace/backup/data/data_full* tar cfz "/scratchspace/backup/data/data_full_$6-$2-$3.tgz" $DATA # rm -f /scratchspace/backup/config/config_full* tar cfz "/scratchspace/backup/config/config_full_$6-$2-$3.tgz" $CONFIG else # incremental backup: # find $DATA -depth -type f \( -ctime -1 -o -mtime -1 \) -print > $LIST tar cfzT "/scratchspace/backup/data/data_diff_$6-$2-$3.tgz" "$LIST" rm -f "$LIST" # find $CONFIG -depth -type f \( -ctime -1 -o -mtime -1 \) -print > $LIST tar cfzT "/scratchspace/backup/config/config_diff_$6-$2-$3.tgz" "$LIST" rm -f "$LIST" fi # # create sql dump of databases: mysqldump -u root --password=xxxx --all-databases > "/scratchspace/backup/d atabase/databases_$6-$2-$3.sql" gzip "/scratchspace/backup/database/databases_$6-$2-$3.sql" # umount /scratchspace

On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 13:15:15 -0400 Wesley Skoczen wrote:

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Hello Looking for small script to backup a few selected directories. Search at freashmeat lists 212 projects. I know there is backup program in YaST, but it is for the whole system backup, isn't it? Please tell me what you are using for your SuSE backup. Thank You.

For just a few directories, why not just tar them up? tar -zcvf somedir.tgz /somedir

if you want incrementals, try dar on freshmeat

rsync is used by alot of people too, it synchronizes directories, which can be a form of backup.

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The 03.07.01 at 15:08, Thomas Jones wrote:

SuSE uses the following scripts:

/usr/lib/YaST2/bin/backup_archive.pl /usr/lib/YaST2/bin/backup_search.pl

Interesting...

Descriptions are located within the scripts. backup_search.pl "feeds" into backup_archive.pl.

I like them very much. HTH.

Do you know if it is possible to make Yast backup remember it's configuration from one run to the next? A configuration file, perhaps? Or do I need to hardcode it? I have a long list of directories I do not want to backup, and it is a real nuisance that yast doesn't remember them. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson

The 03.07.01 at 19:33, Thomas Jones wrote:

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Do you know if it is possible to make Yast backup remember it's configuration from one run to the next? A configuration file, perhaps? Or do I need to hardcode it?

I have a long list of directories I do not want to backup, and it is a real nuisance that yast doesn't remember them.

I'm really not sure........i have never tried that scenario. I usually just let the script do it's thing.

If I do, and I select "Search files which do not belog to any package" Yast will backup even the directory where I save this and other backups. Also, I'm not interested in yast saving copies of the updates rpms, my downloaded files, compiled sources, etc, because these, being already compressed, I backup separately to CD. Also, the resulting backup would be so big that Yast runs out of temporary space (/tmp) and crashes. Notice that I use (try to) Yast to do the backup, I have never used those two scripts independently. Probably I'll have to write my own script that calls them, and use a bunch of "--exclude-dir"

Interesting idea though. Given that it already is fed from the other script, it should be fairly easy to call upon a "listing" or configuration file from say:

/var/adm/backup/backup_weekly.conf

Let me know how it works. ;)

I'll try :-) -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson

The 03.07.01 at 15:08, Thomas Jones wrote:

SuSE uses the following scripts:

/usr/lib/YaST2/bin/backup_archive.pl /usr/lib/YaST2/bin/backup_search.pl

Descriptions are located within the scripts. backup_search.pl "feeds" into backup_archive.pl.

I have just tried it, but it failed. I get this kind of output: nimrodel:~ # time yast_backup b Storing hostname: Success Storing date: Success Storing partition table Partition tables info read Stored partition: hda Stored partition: hdb Storing list of installed packages Packages stored: Success Creating archive: Unknown text in input file: Reading installed packages Unknown text in input file: Packages: 1205 Unknown text in input file: Size: 27 /etc/issue.net Unknown text in input file: Size: 3515 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/encodings.dir Unknown text in input file: Size: 3515 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype/encodings.dir Unknown text in input file: Size: 13893 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype/fonts.dir ...and continues for every file listed, not a single one is accepted. What parameters do you feed to backup_search.pl? I have used: /usr/lib/YaST2/bin/backup_search.pl --output-default --search \ --exclude-dir /tmp --exclude-dir /var/lock --exclude-dir /var/run \ --exclude-dir /var/tmp --exclude-dir /var/cache \ --exclude-dir /backup \ ... --exclude-dir /usr/local/update \ --exclude-dir /srv/ftp/pub/suseupdate \ --exclude-dir /var/lib/YaST2/you/i386/update \ --exclude-fs devpts --exclude-fs proc --exclude-fs rootfs --exclude-fs shm \ --exclude-fs usbdevfs --exclude-fs vfat \ | tee YastBackupList It seems that the output file "YastBackupList" I created is not what "backup_archive.pl" is expecting. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson