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Re: shell cript deleting backups



On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 07:20:06AM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote:
> 
> 
> On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, mess-mate wrote:
> 
> > Alvin Oga <aoga@mail.Linux-Consulting.com> wrote:
> > | 
> > | save it as
> > | 
> > | /backup/mon
> > | /backup/tue
> > | /backup/wed
> 
> ...
>  
> > But can't save as /backup/mon, etc.. There is nochoice about the
> > backup name except the primairy name = 'Maildir', with konserve.
> > 'Maildir' is directory ( ~/Maildir/INBOX.debian )
> 
> there is always a choice ... too many gazillion choices.. its *unix*
> 
> > I'm looking for a simple backup package independant of KDE.
> 
> #
> # whacky script for ~/Maildir
> # 
> #
> # for using date: 1, 2, 3, ... 30
> # pkg=`date '+%d'`
> #
> # for using mon, tue, wed
> # pkg=`date '+%a'`
> 
> tar zcvf /backup/pkg.tgz /home/~/Maildir

I'm always trying to learn something from you experts, but I 
don't understand the above command.  Is it right?  I would 
have expected

 tar zcvf /backup/pkg.tgz /home/*/Maildir

to save everyone's files, or

 tar zcvf /backup/pkg.tgz ~/Maildir

for a user to save his own files.  

Was it a typo, or is this my ignorance?

> #
> # end of script
> 
> put that cleaned up and tested "1 liner" into crontab and you're done
> 
> c ya
> alvin
> 
> 
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