Backup scripts

[Henri Shustak]

Hello,

You may want to check out the LBackup source code as a possible starting point if you are looking to create your own customised backup script : http://www.lbackup.org/source

Disclaimer : I am involved with the development of LBackup.

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On 5/09/2014, at 9:17 AM, Chris <cpollock at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 2014-09-04 at 17:00 -0400, Kevin Korb wrote:
>> Do you actually have any snapshots currently?  From the scripts you
>> posted it seems to just be rsyncing to the same dir every run and only
>> claiming to be making snapshots.  If you do have snapshots now then
>> something else is happening in addition to this script.
> 
> It was pointed out to me in a direct message that I had inadvertently
> posted the same scripts (full backup) in pastebin. Here are the correct
> one.
> 
> Full
> http://pastebin.com/dEk7kBip
> 
> Snapshot
> http://pastebin.com/H7SuABN1
> 
>> 
>> On 09/04/2014 04:58 PM, Chris wrote:
>>> On Thu, 2014-09-04 at 12:46 -0400, Kevin Korb wrote:
>>>> The scripts you posted look the same to me.  And I don't see any
>>>> form of snapshotting.  The $NOW variable is set and is echoed but
>>>> it is never actually used.  For an rsync snapshot I would expect
>>>> to see either rsync --link-dest or a cp -al depending on the age
>>>> of the script.
>>>> 
>>>> The only reason to need two scripts would be because the
>>>> snapshot would need 3 dirs to work with (the source, the target,
>>>> and the previous backup) but that could also be handled with 1
>>>> script and a simple existing check.
>>>> 
>>>> On 09/04/2014 12:30 PM, Chris wrote:
>>>>> I have two scripts that a kind soul on this list wrote for me
>>>>> over 4yrs ago. I got to looking at them the other day because
>>>>> my old box crashed and had to build a new one also got a new
>>>>> backup USB drive since I'm still copying over things from the
>>>>> old one. The first one is for a full backup:
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://pastebin.com/XF6Zm42A
>>>>> 
>>>>> Works great, does exactly what it's supposed to do. The second
>>>>> is for a 'snapshot' which is where I get a bit confused. I
>>>>> would think that a 'snapshot' would be just the changed files
>>>>> either since the last full backup or since the last 'snapshot'
>>>>> the night before. It seems though that it's actually the same
>>>>> as a full backup. I don't profess to be a script person so I
>>>>> have no idea if it's doing what it should or something needs to
>>>>> be changed. Below is the 2nd script:
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://pastebin.com/MkBzJnux
>>>>> 
>>>>> Any advice would be appreciated.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Chris
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> Thanks Kevin, I guess for now I'll leave them as they are until I
>>> can get smart on scripting.
>>> 
>>> Chris
>>> 
>> 
> 
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