Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 21:16:52 -0700 From: Michelle Weeks <tristan11@mindspring.com> To: Tim <cyberlord@cyberlord.net.dhis.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Backup Scripts Message-ID: <2EC28748-9EBC-11D6-BE51-00039368B8EC@mindspring.com> In-Reply-To: <200207232248.00898.cyberlord@cyberlord.net.dhis.org>
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Yes, I do have #!/bin/sh as the first line in the backup.sh script.
Before running the script, I cd to the directory the script is in and
then run: ./backup.sh
On Tuesday, July 23, 2002, at 08:48 PM, Tim wrote:
> Do you have
> #!/bin/sh
> as the first line in all your scripts?
>
> and are they in a directory in your path? If they are not, you must run
> them
> as follows:
>
> ./script_name
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Tim
>
> On Tuesday 23 July 2002 10:43 pm, Michelle Weeks wrote:
>> I am new to scripting and am trying to use the below script I found to
>> run backups of our FreeBSD 4.5 server, but I keep getting the error:
>>
>> Level-backup.sh Backup Tue Jul 23 21:04:22 PDT 2002
>> Error: Level-backup.sh unknown
>>
>> Since I am new at this, I am probably missing something very
>> obvious. I
>> would greatly appreciate any help or advice as to where I can find more
>> info. on creating backup scripts for FreeBSD.
>>
>>
>> Here is the script I am using:
>>
>>
>> # Variables
>> EMAILTO=backup
>> DESTFILE=/dev/nrsa0
>> BACKUPFILES="/var /usr/home"
>> BACKUPDIR=${HOME}/backup
>> LEVEL=${0}
>>
>> # Load backup functions
>> cd ${BACKUPDIR}
>> . backup-functions
>>
>> # Do the backup
>> tar_backup
>>
>> # Test the backup for errors
>> tar_verify
>>
>> # Email the backup report
>> mail_report
>>
>> # Done
>> exit
>>
>> and here is the .backup-functions file for the shell script:
>>
>> # Variables
>> L0DATESTAMP="${BACKUPDIR}/.level0_datestamp"
>> NOW=`date`
>>
>> # tar_backup function: does the archiving
>> tar_backup ()
>> {
>> echo "Level-${LEVEL} Backup ${NOW}"
>> if [ "${LEVEL}" = "0" ]; then
>> # make Level-0 datestamp
>> echo ${NOW} > ${L0DATESTAMP}
>> # Level-0 backup
>> tar --create --verbose \
>> --file ${DESTFILE} \
>> --blocking-factor 126 \
>> --label "Level-${LEVEL} Backup ${NOW}" \
>> ${BACKUPFILES}
>> elif [ "${LEVEL}" = "1" ]; then
>> # get last Level-0 datestamp
>> LAST=`cat ${L0DATESTAMP}`
>> # Level-1 backup
>> tar --create --verbose \
>> --file ${DESTFILE} \
>> --blocking-factor 126 \
>> --after-date "${LAST}" \
>> --label "Level-${LEVEL} Backup from ${LAST} to ${NOW}" \
>> ${BACKUPFILES}
>> else
>> # Backup level error
>> echo "Error: Level-${LEVEL} unknown"
>> exit
>> fi
>> echo "Level-${LEVEL} Backup END"
>> }
>>
>> # tar_verify function: test the archive for errors
>> tar_verify ()
>> {
>> echo "Level-${LEVEL} Backup Verify ${NOW}"
>> # Backup verify test
>> tar --list --verbose \
>> --file ${DESTFILE} \
>> --blocking-factor 126
>> echo "Level-${LEVEL} Backup Verify END"
>> }
>>
>> # mail_report function: sends backup report
>> mail_report ()
>> {
>> # Email backup report
>> mail -s "Level-${LEVEL} Backup" "${EMAILTO}" << EOF
>>
>> ###########################################################
>> Level-${LEVEL} Backup
>> ###########################################################
>>
>> Host: ${HOSTNAME}
>> Files: ${BACKUPFILES}
>>
>> Destination: ${DESTFILE}
>>
>> ###########################################################
>> Started: ${NOW}
>> Completed: `date`
>> ###########################################################
>>
>> EOF
>> }
>>
>>
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