Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 19:53:49 -0500 From: Nathan Mace <nmace85@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: backups of log files Message-ID: <200203130057.TAA27975@uce55.uchaswv.edu>
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just wondering how you guys make backups of your log file(or even if you do). how do you do it? i assume you have a cron job that does it every so often. i'm trying to write my 1st *USEFUL* perl program, and i want it to take a directory of log files and create a .tar file of them in another directory. it does that just fine. the problem is that the next time it does it, it overrides the 1st backup, so how can i get it name them backup1.tar or name them after the date like 1102.tar for january 1st 2002?? conceptually i can list lots of ways to do this, but i guess what i'm asking for is sample perl code. i can't seem to find anything that does this in the usual places i look. thanks Nathan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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