01-24-2016
Hi zorrokan...
Apologies for any typos...
From #5 you say it is manually launched either by the GUI or Command Line at any random time(s) and shut down also at any random time(s).
So you need to detect when the program has actually started running to automatically do a backup to '/full/path/to/some/folder1' and when it is exited/quitted to save another backup to '/full/path/to/some/folder2'?
So you wish this script to run 24/7 in the background?
Do you want the copy all files into '.....folder1' and similarly copy all other files into '.....folder2' or do _zipped_ versions of the same?
10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting
1. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Who can tell me how I can see to it that a application doesn't try to start it's processes untill Oracle has completely started.
Thanx. (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Piet
3 Replies
2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
sorry, i'm a newbie to unix...
but how do i or rather where do i write scripts that auto start my application e.g. Informix?
in Windows it would be services but in UNIX where can i auto start my informix program? To run informix i just type "oninit". And do i have to login to any user before... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: doofie
2 Replies
3. Linux
hi
i want to know the way by which i put any file somewhere and it get s started when the system restarts or bots
i mean whenever my system starts that application must also start
thanks (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: shukla_chanchal
3 Replies
4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I just learnt the shell scripting and got working on that right now. I have one problem.
Here i am having a java application that needs to be start and stop using two shell scripts, i.e., starting the java application using one shell script and stopping the application using another... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: sadha
1 Replies
5. Programming
I am using c to send data to a socket with the following commands:
socket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, ptrp->p_proto);
ioctl(socket, FIONBIO, (char *)&on);
connect(socket)
send(socket,data)
shutdown(socket, SHUT_WR);
recv(socket) //ready last of data waiting on the port
//note this is... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: metrix
3 Replies
6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
What I'm looking for is best explained with a little example.
#!/bin/bash
gedit
echo "I need this message to appear while gedit is still running, but it appears only then when I close gedit."
Of course most of the times you want the script to wait, but in this case I want to start a new... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: MrZehl
5 Replies
7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
Recently, I've started with shell scripting, and decided to write a script for my system backup using tar. When I was dealing with tar execution inside shell script I found this, inside shell we have the following code:
tar $TAR_PARAMS $ARCHIVE_FILE $EXCLUDE $BACKUP_STARTwith... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: ilnar
6 Replies
8. Windows & DOS: Issues & Discussions
How can I start an application sitting on a windows machine (XP) from Unix shell script (AIX server) ? (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: pkan
6 Replies
9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I did a search of these forums but couldnt find a suitable resolution.
I am attempting to script a stop and start of an application on AIX.
Such as:
However it has authentication where username and password prompts will appear after running the above command requiring input from a... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Soupy
2 Replies
10. Programming
Dear Team,
please help me on the issue "The application was unable to start correctly(0xc0150002).click ok to close the application"
Have created the build using installshield 2012. dll was generated from VS2008. Used 3rd party libraries.Included all the libraries,dll.
This was the first tme... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: SA_Palani
1 Replies
BACKUP(8) System Manager's Manual BACKUP(8)
NAME
backup - backup files
SYNOPSIS
backup [-djmnorstvz] dir1 dir2
OPTIONS
-d At top level, only directories are backed up
-j Do not copy junk: *.Z, *.bak, a.out, core, etc
-m If device full, prompt for new diskette
-n Do not backup top-level directories
-o Do not copy *.o files
-r Restore files
-s Do not copy *.s files
-t Preserve creation times
-v Verbose; list files being backed up
-z Compress the files on the backup medium
EXAMPLES
backup -mz . /f0 # Backup current directory compressed
backup /bin /usr/bin
# Backup bin from RAM disk to hard disk
DESCRIPTION
Backup (recursively) backs up the contents of a given directory and its subdirectories to another part of the file system. It has two typ-
ical uses. First, some portion of the file system can be backed up onto 1 or more diskettes. When a diskette fills up, the user is
prompted for a new one. The backups are in the form of mountable file systems. Second, a directory on RAM disk can be backed up onto hard
disk. If the target directory is empty, the entire source directory is copied there, optionally compressed to save space. If the target
directory is an old backup, only those files in the target directory that are older than similar names in the source directory are
replaced. Backup uses times for this purpose, like make. Calling Backup as Restore is equivalent to using the -r option; this replaces
newer files in the target directory with older files from the source directory, uncompressing them if necessary. The target directory con-
tents are thus returned to some previous state.
SEE ALSO
tar(1).
BACKUP(8)