[nmglug] Linus would call it "bad taste".

[Andres Paglayan]

This is what I do for copying to win machine.

# open the samba connection and waith for the prompt
# then put files there and quit.
smbclient //wserver/public backuperuser -U backuperpass -c  "prompt; cd 
backup; put ${file}.sql.bak.bz2;  quit "

note I use
file=`date +%F`
to generate a unique name for that date's file.



Tim Emerick wrote:

>Hey all.
>
>Well, I took a stab at writing my first and very ugly script to backup some
>of my stuff on my server.  I could use some serious critiquing and or
>hints/ideas. I am running it from cron every 3am using: 
>
>/root/bin/backup > /backup/backup.log &
>
>I have the following issues:
>
>1. The output is sloppy but I didn't quite know how to make a comprehensive
>log and sending the output to a log file was quick, dirty, and horrible.  I
>would like a real log of the entire session as if I was at a terminal typing
>everything in....maybe with the addition of a timestamp so I could see how
>long things are taking.
>
>2. The method that I use to grab a folder off of a WinXP machine are
>inelegant at best.
>
>3. I had originally sent the log to /backup/1/log but the script writes over
>the old log before moving the directory it's in to a new location.  How can I
>create a create the log in the /backup/1 directory without overwriting the
>log file that's already there?
>
>4. I or another user will probably use winzip to extract anything out of the
>resulting backup.tgz file but winzip has a 4 gigabyte limit.  My backup file
>has been around 16GB compressed.  Can tar/gzip split up these files into <4GB
>chunks?
>
>5. Here's the ugly mess in all it's glory:
>
>#
># Backup Procedure.
>#
># This backs up the /shares directory keeping a 2 day 
># live backup set for easy file recover via samba share.
># 3 additional days are kept as a .tgz file.
>
># I also added a backup for the pathways directory which is
># sitting on a winxp machine.  
>
>
># Remove the oldest Backup.
>rm -f -r /backup/5
>
># Shift everything down a day but gzip/tar the 3rd days backup
>mv /backup/4 /backup/5
>mv /backup/3 /backup/4
>
>mkdir /backup/3
>cd /backup/2
>tar cvzf /backup/3/backup.tgz .
>cd /
>rm -fr /backup/2
>
>mv /backup/1 /backup/2
>
># Copy the shares folder to the backup directory
>cp -a /shares/ /backup/
>
># rename to day 1
>mv /backup/shares /backup/1
>
># also copy the /etc and /var directory
>cp -a /etc/ /backup/1/etc/
>cp -a /var/ /backup/1/var/
>
># and the CCC pathways data
>
>mkdir /backup/1/pathways/
>smbmount //v8701-pc40/pathways$ /mnt/smb -o
>username=reliable/aig,password=password ro
>cp -a /mnt/smb/* /backup/1/pathways
>umount /mnt/smb
>
>
>
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Andres Paglayan
andres at paglayan.com
Ph: (505) 986-1561
Santa Fe, NM USA

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