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On Sunday 04 November 2007, Roger Mason wrote: |
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> Did you have to do anything special to make it work from cron? |
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No, but then the crontab entry is simply: |
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> 47 4 * * * /root/backup.sh |
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The backup.sh is essentially: |
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rdiff-backup \ |
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--print-statistics \ |
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--exclude /mnt \ |
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--exclude /dev \ |
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--exclude /proc \ |
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--exclude /tmp \ |
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--exclude /var/tmp \ |
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--exclude /var/cache/squid/ \ |
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--exclude /var/lib/mysql/ \ |
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--exclude /var/lib/postgresql/data/base/ \ |
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--exclude /var/lib/postgresql/data/global/ \ |
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--exclude /var/lib/postgresql/data/pg_clog/ \ |
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--exclude /var/lib/postgresql/data/pg_subtrans/ \ |
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--exclude /var/lib/postgresql/data/pg_tblspc/ \ |
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--exclude /var/lib/postgresql/data/pg_xlog/ \ |
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--exclude /sys \ |
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--exclude /usr/portage \ |
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--exclude /usr/portage/distfiles \ |
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--exclude /var/run \ |
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/ backups@backuphost::/home/backups/hostname/ |
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