Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 11:01:14 -0400 From: Bart Silverstrim <bsilver@chrononomicon.com> To: freebsd-questions Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Scripting backup of file naming? Message-ID: <859B50A7-B893-11D8-9892-000A956D2452@chrononomicon.com>
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Hello scripting gurus.. I'm sure this is an easy one for someone out there. Here's what I'd like to do, and hoping someone out there knows a simple way to do this without ripping my hair out. Scenario: *Two servers, Server1 and Server2. *I want Server1 to copy a set of files from Server2 on a regular basis using cron and scp. I should be able to do that by just generating a ssh key and automating the login from Server1 into Server2. *problem; on server1, I'm going to have two directories: ~/archive and ~/workingdir. I want the scp to move the files from server2 to ~/workingdir, tar and zip them as a file name with a date attached (like backup06072004.tgz) to make the filename distinctive, then move that file from ~/workingdir to ~/archive. The filename would need to be distinctive both to allow for reference when needing to restore a snapshot and also to keep the archives from overwriting each other when moved over. Is there a simple way to do this with a script running from cron? -Bart
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