Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 12:34:36 -0500 From: Mikel <mikel@ocsinternet.com> To: ostap <ostap@ukrpost.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /var/mail backup Message-ID: <3ABB892C.98AA9B0D@ocsinternet.com> References: <3ABB2A0A.AF20BB18@ukrpost.net> <3ABB4D18.3C480DF@ocsinternet.com> <3ABB4E49.633862D@ukrpost.net>
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Ok then just take a snapshot...I have over 1000 and during the past 3 years haven't had a problem just taring the dir up. then untar it where you want... cheers, mikel ostap wrote: > well, about a hundred > > Mikel wrote: > > > > Ok I have a question for you how many user mailboxes are we talking > > about? > > > > Cheers, > > Mikel > > > > ostap wrote: > > > > > hello > > > i'm interested in a way of making backups of a /var/mail directory > > > on a running freebsd mail server, or may be just keeping it in sync > > > with some another dir to prevent data loss in case of hdd failure. > > > the obvious problem is that this information is constantly changing > > > and may be file locks or something like that should be implemented > > > during backup/ > > > syncing procedure. will the tool like rsync do this job correcly? > > > can anyone make this clear to me? > > > > > > thank you > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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