Re: [webmin-l] small wish for the ftp file system backup

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On 21/Sep/2006 23:56 Pat Erler wrote ..
> hi jamie,
> 
> in the scheduled backup, everytime a backup is repeated the existing  
> backup file is overwritten. this way, there is a (small) time when no 
> backup of the system exists. so, is it possible to write the backup  
> remotely(!) to a tempfile and to overwrite the existing backup file after
> the verification of the new backup file?

Why not just use the post-backup command feature to rename the backup
file (using SSH or something) when it is complete? Having Webmin do it
is tricky, as renames like this would fail if you are writing to a remote
tape device.

 - Jamie