Recall..
I run now the following task every day tar -cvzf
/rescue/website-$(date +%u).tgz /var/www/htdocs/*
I want now to move these files from the local server to a remote server via ftp.
any help.
Thanks
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 5:33 PM, <cpolish@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> madunix@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> Should I add to my tar the following option
>> Â-p, --preserve-permissions
>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â extract all protection information
>> tar -cvzfp ......
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 7:10 PM, John Doe <jdmls@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > From: "madunix@xxxxxxxxx" <madunix@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >
>> >> I want to create bash script to have a zip copy from a website running
>> >> on Âlinux /var/www/htdocs/* local on the same box on different
>> >> directory
>> >> I am Âthinking to do a local backup using crontab (snapshot my web)
>> >> tar -cvzf Â/tmp/website-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M).tgz /var/www/htdocs/*
>> >> This command will Âcreate a file /tmp/website-20110101-1459.tgz
>> >> I want it run on daily basis and Âto keep the last 5days backup on the
>> >> box and remove older version than Â5days.
>> >
>> > A quick way to do it is to use the day of the week:
>> > Âwebsite-$(date +%u).tgz
>> > It will automaticaly keep the last 7 days...
>> > Otherwise, you will have to use date calculations...
>
> I hope I'm not duplicating something someone has already said --
> /tmp may not be the best possible choice for backups. A reboot
> could potentially "help" by cleansing that directory. Off-host
> copies (eg, scp website-20110101-1459.tgz fred@otherhost:/home/fred/backups/)
> would address a number of risks.
> --
> Charles Polisher
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