Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 04:52:37 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Sergei G <sergeig.public@gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is recommended admin / backup script location? Message-ID: <20140530045237.84de6b1e.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <5387E917.5040404@gmail.com> References: <5387E917.5040404@gmail.com>
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On Thu, 29 May 2014 19:12:39 -0700, Sergei G wrote: > What would be an appropriate location for backup and other admin level > scripts? The system automatically backups some files to /var/backups. See "man hier" for details. > I assume cron will be used to schedule execution of backup script, > unless there is a better solution. The scripts 200.backup-passwd, 210.backup-aliases and 220.backup-pkgdb in /etc/periodic/daily will perform such tasks. You could add your own scripts and also add a custom location for backups, for example an external or networked drive. Those scripts would probably be go to the /usr/local/etc/periodic subtree, or /opt/periodic, if you want to employ and (ab)use a Solaris-ism. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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