Ignacio, This is probably not the way you want to do backups. Removing and writing 30Gb daily is hardly a good practice from any standpoint, especially. I am sure your ftpuser directory doesnt get changed a whole lot over night. So there is little sense in deleting/writing essentially the same data nightly. I suggest that you: 1. Take the time to sit down and read a little on backup strategies. 2. Take a look at rsync. This is probably the best solution for your situation. [Which is quite common, might I add.] Kind Regards, Greg On 9/7/05, Ignacio Gómez <igomezu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > i´m writing a script to backup some files, the idea is to backup the file > adding the date. I will copy the file tgz to another folder. This is a daily > backup and it is so large. So I need the new one file tgz replace the oldest > in the folder comparing the date how to do that? > > i did something like that : > > fecha=`date +"%y%m%d"` > > 1) > time tar -czvf /var/BACKUP/ftpuser.$fecha.tgz /home/ftpuser so the result is > ftpuser060905.tgz (size 30gb) so next day I need the new file tgz > ftpuser070905.tgz replaces the previous one i mean, delete the previous one > and put the new one. How to do that?, sorry i'm not good at programing > > > thanks > > Ignacio Gómez > Bogotá Colombia > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subjectunsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
