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munkyeetr · 03-03-2008, 01:31 AM

You mentioned a cron job, so may I assume you are running a *nix OS?

I do the same type of thing; I have a bash script that:

1) Backs up my /etc /boot /home /usr/local /var/log directories and compresses the backups
2) Mounts whatever partitions I backup to
3) Copies the compressed backups to the mounted partition
4) Runs a bunch of system reports and stores them to the mounted partition so I know the state of the system at the time of the backup
5) Unmounts the backup partitions

I run this every night at midnight under a root cron job. Works beautifully

03-03-2008, 01:31 AM	#2 (permalink)
munkyeetr Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Age: 85 Posts: 629	You mentioned a cron job, so may I assume you are running a nix OS? I do the same type of thing; I have a bash script that: 1) Backs up my /etc /boot /home /usr/local /var/log directories and compresses the backups 2) Mounts whatever partitions I backup to 3) Copies the compressed backups to the mounted partition 4) Runs a bunch of system reports and stores them to the mounted partition so I know the state of the system at the time of the backup 5) Unmounts the backup partitions I run this every night at midnight under a root cron job. Works beautifully __________________ If the advice you receive helps, please post a reply saying so as courtesy to others who will come here with the same problem.* MSI MS-7032 MB - Sempron 3000+ 1.8Ghz - 2GB PC3200 500GB Western Digital - 80GB Samsung - 80GB Maxtor (Dualbooting Ubuntu 7.10/Debian Lenny) nVidia GF 5700LE 256MB (AGP) - SoundBlaster 24bit PCI LiteOn DVDRW - Acer AL1916W 19" (2x) Registered Linux User: 448689 Last edited by munkyeetr; 03-03-2008 at 01:34 AM.