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Operating Systems OS X (Apple) Newbie Backup Script Post 302548536 by xbin on Thursday 18th of August 2011 04:26:06 PM
Old 08-18-2011
I see posibly two issues; the device disk number could change and the uncanny ability of OS X to write directorties that aren't mount point to the /Volumes directory. So first I would query diskutil and mount for the proper device then run something like ->
Code:
for MNT in /Volumes/*
do
if [[ $(/usr/bin/stat -f "%d" "$MNT") = $(/usr/bin/stat -f "%d" "$MNT/..") ]]; then
 echo $MNT is NOT a file system mount point
fi
done

Last edited by xbin; 08-19-2011 at 10:29 AM..
 

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backup_deldump

BACKUP_DELDUMP(8)					       AFS Command Reference						 BACKUP_DELDUMP(8)

NAME

       backup_deldump - Deletes a dump level from the Backup Database

SYNOPSIS

       backup deldump -dump <dump level name> [-localauth]
	   [-cell <cell name>] [-help]

       backup deld -d <dump level name> [-l]
	   [-c <cell name>] [-h]

DESCRIPTION

       The backup deldump command deletes the indicated dump level and all of its child dump levels from the dump hierarchy in the Backup
       Database. Use the backup listdumps command to display the dump hierarchy.

OPTIONS

       -dump <dump level name>
	   Specifies the complete pathname of the dump level to delete.

       -localauth
	   Constructs a server ticket using a key from the local /etc/openafs/server/KeyFile file. The backup command interpreter presents it to
	   the Backup Server, Volume Server and VL Server during mutual authentication. Do not combine this flag with the -cell argument. For more
	   details, see backup(8).

       -cell <cell name>
	   Names the cell in which to run the command. Do not combine this argument with the -localauth flag. For more details, see backup(8).

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

EXAMPLES

       The following command deletes the dump level "/sunday1/monday1" from the dump hierarchy, along with any of its child dump levels.

	  % backup deldump /sunday1/monday1

PRIVILEGE REQUIRED

       The issuer must be listed in the /etc/openafs/server/UserList file on every machine where the Backup Server is running, or must be logged
       onto a server machine as the local superuser "root" if the -localauth flag is included.

SEE ALSO

       backup(8), backup_adddump(8), backup_listdumps(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_DELDUMP(8)
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