Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] devil-linux-1.3.6-2008-09-10 and pam_radius

[Dom <dl...@ed...>]

Bruce Smith wrote:
> # The script is a bit more involved, but the part you need is:
>
> TODAY="$(date +%F)"
> YESTERDAY="$(date -d yesterday +%F)"
> # You need to set:
> # $BACKDIR for your backup directory.
> # $server for the server to be backed up,
> # $port for the listening ssh port (default=22)
> # $dir for the directory on the server to be backed up.
> # $dir2 for the destination backup subdirectories, in my case:
> #  dir2="$(dirname $dir)"
>
> rsync -av --delete-excluded \
>     --link-dest=$BACKDIR/$YESTERDAY/$server$dir2 \
>     -e "ssh -p $port -c arcfour" \
>     $server:$dir \
>     $BACKDIR/$TODAY/$server$dir2
>
> # I use all those different variables because I backup a lot of
> directories individually on each server, in for/while bash loops.
>
>   
Thanks Bruce - I will study it and make use. And I look forward to the
new release of 1.3.6, even without rdiff-backup!

Thanks also to Dick for the link, which seems very comprehensive. Perl
would definitely bend my brain if not break it, but I am getting the
hang of bash scripts - such an improvement on DOS batch files!

Dom