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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello,
I need to create a tar file with a list of files from a directory.
The directory has about 1000+ files of which I only need to create a tar ball of 150 files. The 150 files I need in the tar ball do not have common names or a common start letter.
No two file names match, example: 1st... (3 Replies)
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2. Homework & Coursework Questions
Hi. Can someone tell me if the following script that i have made is a script for INCREMENTAL BACKUP or FULL BACKUP. My teacher told me that is doing an FULL BACKUP.
• find /etc /var /home -newer /backups/.backup_reference > /backups/.files_to_archive
• touch /backups/.backup_reference
• tar... (1 Reply)
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi, i'm new here(and a newbie) and i need some help with a project. I need to write a script for an incremental backup (this must be executed every day at 24:00) and a full backup (executed once a month) for etc/var/home directories. Can someone please help me with this? And a small explanation of... (9 Replies)
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4. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
I'm trying to do a incremental backup for a big NFS. Since space is not an issue, I don't want to compress them or end up with a big tarball for full backup( and a series of small tarballs for incremental backup). Basically I want the TAR backup/restore functionality but not TAR files up.... (3 Replies)
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5. Windows & DOS: Issues & Discussions
I have a folder /root/test in a centos 5.3 system. I want to take an incremental backup of the contents of the folder in the C:\Downloads folder of a windows system present in the same lan as the linux system. What are the ways of executing this plan? Kindly help (0 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I would like to create a daily incremental backup of a directory with all of the files within and add a timestamp (year-month-day) to the tar.gz file.
I have the following, but it doesn't backup the inside files of the directory.
#!/bin/bash
tar -czf... (1 Reply)
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello everyone.
Could you please advise of what would be the best Unix (Debian 4) program for regular (daily or weekly) incremental backups?
I'm not sure whether the backups will be stored on a "backup" drive on the same system or on an external "backup" system, but we would like to have a... (2 Replies)
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi All..
i am trying to write a script which will give the incremental tar backup of all files with latest timestam.
i tried with find -mmin -2
but if it takes half on hour or something to creat the tar itself, then no meaning in using the above command.
so please help me to find the... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Usha Shastri
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9. SCO
Incremental Backup using TAR in sco Openserver 5.0
Dear all
I am using sco openserver 5.0. I wanted to take backup of two folder (each 600 MB size) with lot of files. I used to take backup using tar command daily using a script. But the same takes more time. Is there any way to take backup... (0 Replies)
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello everyone!
I'm trying to make incremental tar archives of a folder for an example. On the box I use is UNIX AIX installed. I tried some sample codes I found on several web pages but with no success. Don't know what I'm doing wrong. Please write some sample code to make incremental tar... (0 Replies)
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