Re: Backup instructions

[Glenn A. Bookout <gblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Howdy:

On 02/26/2003 14:53 USA PT (-0800), rroberts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ( Rick
Roberts ), wrote...

>Iím a Mac guy. What does ìBack up the following items making sure to
>maintain permissions and linksì mean exactly? Whatís wrong with
>including the syntax?! Argh.
   The instructions could use an example.  Try this script ( adj.
"Your_Partition" to the name of a partition on yoour system w/ plenty of
space ):

Sample Permissions ( in default directory for "root" ):
==========
-rwxr-----   1 root  wheel   431 Jul 29 13:07:29 2002 POBkup_All*
==========

Sample script:
==========  First line of script is below  ==========
#!/bin/sh

## -- File:  POBkup_All  gb, 020301
## -- Backs up all Post.Office files as below in this order:
## -- Program Directory , Spooling Directory, Mailbox Directory

## -- Check for parameter
if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
     echo 1>&2 Usage: $0 date_as_yymmdd
     exit 127
fi

cd /
tar czvf /Volumes/Your_Partition/P.O_Complete_Bkup.$1.tar.gz \
/etc/post.office.conf \
/usr/local/post.office \
/var/spool/post.office \
/var/spool/mailbox
==========  Last line of script is above  ==========

   Run the script ( ./POBkup_All ) w/o any parameters to see what it
wants for a parameter.

   Adjust anything else to your requirements.

   HTH.

Glenn
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