Todd Cary wrote:
> Mark -
>
> Thanks! That did it.
>
> /usr/bin/rsync -av --exclude=".*" -e ssh /home/ 192.168.0.22:/home/
> My next step will be to brush the dust off of my Perl book and write a
> crontab script to backup nightly.
>
> Question: I may not be using the term "backup" absolutely correctly.
> The destination server is a "standby" server. This is if the source
> server fails, all I have to do is change the router to point to the
> standby server. These are in a home office and I do not consider
> myself a system administrator; just someone who knows enough to keep
> the server running (it's main task is FTPing). Do you have any
> suggestions about using rsync as I am doing?
I'm confused *what* in the world would make you want to write perl for this
purpose when two lines of bash would serve the purpose (admirably).
#!/bin/bash
/usr/bin/rsync -av --exclude=".*" -e ssh /home/ 192.168.0.22:/home/
If for some reason, you wanted to do something sexier or more dynamic
in terms of the source/destination, that would add 4 more lines to make it
something like:
#!/bin/bash
for dir in 'ls -1 /home/'
do
/usr/bin/rsync -av --exclude=".*" -e ssh /home/$dir/
192.168.0.22:/home/$dir/
done
You can even nest loops and iterate multiple parameters.
Peter
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