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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Backup script / Test if script is already running Post 302644883 by freddie50 on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 02:38:30 PM
Old 05-22-2012
Backup script / Test if script is already running
Hello everyone,

I have 2 questions :

1) I have a backup shell script, let's call it backup.sh, that is called every hour as a cron job.
As a matter of fact a backup could last more than one hour.
It mounts a NAS and then do some rsync on important directories, so really I don't want to start the srcipt again if the previous backup is not finished.
In order to test if the script is not already running, I am doing this :

if [ `ps-ef | grep -c backup.sh` -eq 1 ] # backup.sh is not already running
then
# execute backup.sh
fi

Is it the best way to do this test?
Do you have any suggestion for improvement?

2) Could you please share or point out where I could find some well thought backup script?

Many thanks for your help and keep up the good work!
freddie50
 

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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

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