Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:39:49 +0100 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andreas_Wider=F8e_Andersen?=" <wodfer@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Need help with backup shell script Message-ID: <23ed14b80711210539w4bed1enc180f8e32ec76881@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, I'm working on a shell script that will let me attach (mount) an external USB 2.0 harddrive and to my FreeBSD 6.2 server and perform a full backup of /backup on my server (all files and subfolders) once or twice a week (whenever I run the cronjob). The script must be able to run through a cronjob and the drive must be mounted and unmounted after each job (I will swap between two drives of the same type and size). The script must also remove folders/files older than 30 days. Does anyone use a script like this today that they can share? I'm not a shell scripter myself so any help is highly appreciated. Here's my rough idea/sketch: #! /bin/sh $MOUNT = /external $DATE= date_today mount usb_drive $MOUNT cd /$MOUNT rm all files forlders older than 30 days mkdir /$DATE cp -fr /backup to /$MOUNT/$DATE cd unmount Thanks for your help! Best regards, Andreas
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