Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 10:01:28 -0500 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Karen Donathan <donathan@gwhs.kana.k12.wv.us> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backup question Message-ID: <40C72648.1040709@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <20040609102723.H167@gwhs.kana.k12.wv.us> References: <20040609102723.H167@gwhs.kana.k12.wv.us>
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Karen Donathan wrote: >Hello. > > What is the best way to back up the html directory? We do not have a >tape drive. > There are many. Keep watching the list and some might show up. >Is there a way to have an automated .tar file created and >sent as email so I could save it on another server? Any help would be >great! > >Thanks >Karen Donathan >George Washington High School >Charleston, WV > > There are lots of ways, I'm sure, although, like I said, this strategy might not be the best option --- I'm no expert. OTOH, if it works ... Hmm, something like this in cron? You'd need to get acquainted with shar(1), that old sneaky archiving process.... tar -R mydir -cf mydir.tar && shar mydir.tar > mydir.tar.shar && mail me@somehost < mydir.tar.shar HTH, Kevin Kinsey DaleCo, S.P.
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