03-28-2014
Help with Backup Shell Script
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
dest_dir="/backup/monthly"
Assume that the 2 types of files are:
this-file-*.gz
that-doc-*.tar.gz
...as can be seen below.
Type 1:
- this-file-other-week.gz
- ............
- ............
- this-file-other-day.gz
- this-file-yesterday.gz
- this-file-today.gz
Type 2:
- that-doc-other-week.tar.gz
- ............
- ............
- that-doc-other-day.tar.gz
- that-doc-yesterday.tar.gz
- that-doc-today.tar.gz
The script should then pick the 2 files (separately) which have been backed up at the end of the month, and backup each one of them in
$dest_dir with such names as:
- this-file-monthly.gz
- that-doc-monthly.tar.gz
I am having trouble with this particular component of the script and any help is highly appreciate.
Thank you
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holidays
holidays(4) File Formats holidays(4)
NAME
holidays - prime/nonprime table for the accounting system
SYNOPSIS
/etc/acct/holidays
DESCRIPTION
The /etc/acct/holidays file specifies prime time hours and holidays. Holidays and weekends are considered non-prime time hours.
/etc/acct/holidays is used by the accounting system.
All lines beginning with an * are comments.
The /etc/acct/holidays file consists of two sections. The first non-comment line defines the current year and the start time of prime and
non-prime time hours, in the form of:
current_year prime_start non_prime_start
Specify prime_start and non_prime_start times in the range of 0000 to 2400.
The remaining non-comment lines define the holidays in the form of:
month/day company_holiday
Of these two fields, only the month/day is actually used by the accounting system programs.
The /etc/acct/holidays file must be updated every year.
EXAMPLES
Example 1 An Example of the /etc/acct/holidays File
The following is an example of the /etc/acct/holidays file:
* Prime/Nonprime Table for the accounting system
*
* Curr Prime Non-Prime
* Year Start Start
*
1991 0830 1800
*
* only the first column (month/day) is significant.
*
* month/day Company Holiday
*
1/1 New Years Day
5/30 Memorial Day
7/4 Indep. Day
9/5 Labor Day
11/24 Thanksgiving Day
11/25 day after Thanksgiving
12/25 Christmas
12/26 day after Christmas
SEE ALSO
acct(1M)
SunOS 5.11 18 Aug 2008 holidays(4)