1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, I have two laptops that I need to switch Harddrives in, but I want to try and retain the data on on of the machines. This has a hd with win2K/Rhat6.2 dualboot, and I really only need to keep the Linux partition data. can I tar the files in the linux partition and then untar it to... (2 Replies)

2. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

I'm trying to compile and install both most recent version of 'make' and the most recent version of 'openssh' on my Sparc20. I've run into the following problems... and I don't know what they mean. Can someone please help me resolve these issues? I'm using the 'make' version that was... (5 Replies)

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Im trying to use tar to backup the os directories. I have a file called bdirs which contains a list of the directories that im trying to backup: /bin /dev /devices /etc /export /home /kernel /lib /local /mnt /opt /platform /proc /sbin start /usr /var /vol (3 Replies)

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, I performed backup on tape and I want to append more files to my previous backup on the same backup tape. But before I do that I need to know the backup file size of the first backup I performed so that I know the available size on the backup tape. Can someone help me what command I will use... (0 Replies)

5. SCO

I am trying to make a full backup of my system using the cpio command. The Tape Unit is a SCSI DDS. The process started fine but after about 30 minutes, it just stopped and showed the following message: 1755 Signal 31 - Core dumped Any idea of what is causing this and how to fix it? ... (4 Replies)

6. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

I am trying to backup my .bash_history and I want to keep every version of the backup. I am thinking to put one of these in my crontab. 0 0 * * 0,3 cat .bash_history > boo 0 0 * * 0,3 cp .bash_history boo I would like the backups to be called boo1, boo2, boo3, etc. I would like to keep... (7 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi Everyone, we are running rsync with --backup mode, Are there any rsync options to remove backup folders on successful deployment? Thanks in adv. (0 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello everybody I'm triing since few days to do this. So sorry if my question looks stupide, but i've tried. I have to get picture from a folder (who is updated automaticly and with subfolder) with theirs extensions (i'm ok on that) and this files have to me copied in a folder where a website... (7 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

HI all, im new to shell scripting. need your guidence for my script. i wrote one script and is attached here Im explaining the requirement of script. AIM: Shell script to run automatically as per scheduled and backup few network devices configurations. Script will contain a set of commands... (4 Replies)