Hi all,
I have to write a script which will keep for a particular user (username is first argument) backups of the account area to another.
The script should accept as the second argument is a directory (or file), create one by storing a copy of the argument (using tar) and copies it to the list that defines the third argument.
However, if the third argument is a file (not directory) then simply need to add (append) the copy to be stored in this file.
Code:
#!/bin/bash
if [ $# -ne 3 ]; then
echo "Illegal number of parameters"
exit 1
fi
if [ $(who |grep -w "^$0" |wc -l) -eq 0 ]
then
echo User $1 is not connected
exit
fi
if (-F $2) then
echo "Argument 2 is folder"
elif (-D $2) then
echo "Argument 2 is directory"
fi
if (-F $3) then
echo "Argument 3 is folder"
elif (-D $3) then
echo "Argument 3 is directory"
fi
mkdir backup
tar -cvf $1.tar backup/
tar -cvf $2.tar $3/
cp $3.tar $3/
cd $3
tar -xvf $2.tar
if [$3 type -f]
$2.tar >> $3
fi
Hi all,
I would like to append list of files to already taken tar backup
file. can anybody help?
last month backup :
cd /accounts/11
tar -cvf monthback.tar *
Now I want to add /accounts/12 to monthback.tar
is it possible?
Krishna (1 Reply)
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Hi all,
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Hi all,
I want to check whether tar file exists in the directory or not. If tar file exists in the directory then I want to append the files to it.
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Hi,
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virt-tar-out - Pack a virtual machine disk image directory into a tarball.
SYNOPSIS
virt-tar-out -a disk.img /dir files.tar
virt-tar-out -d domain /dir files.tar
virt-tar-out -d domain /dir - | gzip --best > files.tar.gz
DESCRIPTION
"virt-tar-out" packs a virtual machine disk image directory into a tarball.
The first parameter is the absolute path of the virtual machine directory. The second parameter is the tar file to write. Use "-" to
write to standard output.
EXAMPLES
Download the home directories from a guest:
virt-tar-out -d MyGuest /home - | gzip --best > homes.tar.gz
JUST A SHELL SCRIPT WRAPPER AROUND GUESTFISH
This command is just a simple shell script wrapper around the guestfish(1) "tar-out" command. For anything more complex than a trivial
copy, you are probably better off using guestfish directly.
OPTIONS
Since the shell script just passes options straight to guestfish, read guestfish(1) to see the full list of options.
SEE ALSO guestfish(1), virt-cat(1), virt-copy-in(1), virt-copy-out(1), virt-edit(1), virt-tar-in(1), <http://libguestfs.org/>.
AUTHORS
Richard W.M. Jones ("rjones at redhat dot com")
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