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

[Tim Emerick]

Thanks for the tip!  as a result I changed the backing up of the winxp
machine share to:

mkdir -v /backup/1/pathways/
smbclient //v8701-pc40/pathways$ password -U aig/reliable -c "prompt;
recurse; lcd /backup/1/pathways; mget *; quit "

Works like a charm.


--- Andres Paglayan <andres at paglayan.com> wrote:
> 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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