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A problem with this backup script is that if you backup the same file twice, you may get a warning message because you're overwriting an existing file. You could suppress the warning message, but a better solution is to save a series of backups distinguished by... (1 Reply)
am writing my very first shell script and need some assistance. What I need help on is three things in particular.
1) Do I need to use the sleep function after the tar command or does the script know to wait until tar finishes to move on to the next line?
2) Did I populate the variable DATE... (4 Replies)
Hello all,
I am trying to backup my system database and root filesystem on remote server that is mounted on my system using tar command.
For the database, i use (cd /database; tar cvf file.tar .)
for the Root filesystem, i use (cd /; tar uEvf file.tar .)
both are to be backup on the same... (1 Reply)
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Create a script that will backup all important system files every Friday night and send an email to the... (6 Replies)
HI all, im new to shell scripting. need your guidence for my script. i wrote one script and is attached here
Im explaining the requirement of script.
AIM: Shell script to run automatically as per scheduled and backup few network devices configurations. Script will contain a set of commands... (4 Replies)
i need to print the first date of the previous month in 20130101 format.
i use the below script
month_year=$(date +'%m%Y' | awk '!--$1{$1=12;$2--}')
m=${month_year% *}
y=$month_year##* }
d=$(cal $m $y | paste -s - | awk '{print $NF}')
firstdate=${printf '02d01%s' $y $m)
echo $firstdate
... (1 Reply)
Hello guys.
I am a Brazilian, I use a linux machine, to access it using the program Putty.
I own a GTA Multiplayer, I have a folder on my server named accounts, there is the account of all players.
Each player has their own file, the files are saved as follows:
PlayerName.ini
I would... (4 Replies)
Hello All,
I need immediate help in creating shell script to call archivebkup.ksh script when archive file system capacity reaches threshold value or 60%
Need to identify the unique file system that reaches threshold value.
ex:
capacity
... (4 Replies)
Dear friends, I need your help.
I need to create a bash script which can loop through $source_dir once a month, and find the backup of the last day of a given month for each of the 2 file types, as can be seen below.
Assume that source_dir="/backup/daily"
Assume that... (1 Reply)
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db2bak
DB2BAK(8) System Manager's Manual DB2BAK(8)NAME
db2bak - Directory Server script for making a backup of the database
SYNOPSIS
db2bak [archivedir] [-Z serverID] [-q] [-h]
DESCRIPTION
Creates a backup of the database. This script can be executed while the server is running or stopped.
OPTIONS
A summary of options is included below:
archivedir
The full path to the directory to store the backup.
-Z Server Identifier
The server ID of the Directory Server instance. If there is only one instance on the system, this option can be skipped.
-q
Quiet mode. Reduces output of task.
-h
Display the usage.
EXAMPLE
db2bak -Z instance2
Makes a backup of the entire database for 'instance2', and stores it in the default server instance backup directory.
db2bak /LDAP/backups/20130305
Creates a backup of the database and stores it in specified location.
DIAGNOSTICS
Exit status is zero if no errors occur. Errors result in a non-zero exit status and a diagnostic message being written to standard error.
AUTHOR
db2bak was written by the 389 Project.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to http://bugzilla.redhat.com.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2013 Red Hat, Inc.
Mar 5, 2013 DB2BAK(8)
04-16-2011
