On 06/20/2012 11:03 AM, Gaetan Bisson wrote:
[2012-06-20 10:36:17 +0200] Arno Gaboury:
My /, /boot and /usr are on a BTRFS /(except /boot on ext2) on a ssd.
I want to add this line in my fstab to avoid too many writings on my ssd :
*tmpfs /var/log tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0*
So each time I reboot, my /var/log will be emptied, which could be a
problem in case of serious issue on my box. I was then thinking of a
way to backup this folder before I shutdown. I found this trick in
the Arch forum:
add this in my */etc/rc.local.shutdown*:
|*echo "Copying LOGs..."
now=`date +"%Y%m%d_%Hh%M"`
mkdir -p /logs_backup/$now
cp -Rp /var/log/* ~/backup/logs_backup/$now/*
My ~ folder is on another HD.
Will this script be enough to do the job?
Why are you inflicting such a complicated setup on yourself if you
cannot understand what those three little lines of shell do? That seems
to me like a completely backward way of taking the learning curve...
Also, please create new threads instead of hijacking random ones.
Cheers.
Ok for the new threads, please excuse my n00biness (and lazyness) about
this issue.
I fully understand these 3 lines, and thought it was not a complicated
way to back up /var/log at shutdown. But as it seems there is much
simplier way, I will then investigate.
Cheers.
