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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users backup a file and keep every version of the backup Post 302488971 by cokedude on Wednesday 19th of January 2011 04:16:24 AM
Old 01-19-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by freakygs
Instead of making boo1, boo2 etc. I'd suggest you to create file names with boo_<date> ; eg. today's file would be boo_20110119. It would be easier to identify also.

Try this:

Code:
0 0 * * 0,3 cp .bash_history boo_$(date +%Y%m%d)

But if you specifically want _1, _2 etc. you can write a small script to get the latest boo_* file, then cut the string after '_' , add 1 to that cut string as it would be a number, and create file with that name...

Put that shell script in cron
Thx. Could you also explain how to write that script?
 

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backup_quit

BACKUP_QUIT(8)						       AFS Command Reference						    BACKUP_QUIT(8)

NAME

       backup_quit - Leaves interactive mode

SYNOPSIS

       quit [-help]

       q [-h]

DESCRIPTION

       The backup quit command exits interactive mode, returning the issuer to the regular shell prompt at which the backup or backup interactive
       command was issued to enter interactive mode. The command has no effect when issued outside interactive mode. Issuing the Ctrl-D command
       also exits interactive mode.

CAUTIONS

       To exit interactive mode, all jobs must be completed. Use the backup jobs command to list any jobs currently pending or executing, and the
       backup kill command to terminate them as necessary.

OPTIONS

       -help
	   Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.

EXAMPLES

       The following command exits interactive mode:

	  backup> quit
	  %

PRIVILEGE REQUIRED

       None

SEE ALSO

       backup(8), backup_interactive(8), backup_jobs(8), backup_kill(8)

COPYRIGHT

       IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved.

       This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0.  It was converted from HTML to POD by software written by Chas
       Williams and Russ Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell.

OpenAFS 							    2012-03-26							    BACKUP_QUIT(8)
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