[1601] in Coldmud discussion meeting
Re: Back up problem solved
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mon Jul 3 00:10:47 2000
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Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2000 22:03:51 -0600
From: Brandon Gillespie <brandon@ice.cold.org>
To: coldstuff@cold.org
In-Reply-To: <000001bfe47d$83edade0$0200a8c0@nycap.rr.comDEST>; from Peter Bombard on Sun, Jul 02, 2000 at 07:30:30PM -0400
Reply-To: coldstuff@cold.org
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BTW, I recommend using the new 2nd generation backup script. It has
much added functionality--such as the option of backing up binary or
text backups, multiple types of compression mechanisms and emailing
the admin if a backup failed. It is available at:
ftp://ftp.cold.org/cold/contrib/scripts/backup2.gz
-Brandon
On Sun, Jul 02, 2000 at 07:30:30PM -0400, Peter Bombard wrote:
> All I needed to do was to edit the backup script and find the place where=
it
> set the path.
>=20
> #!/usr/bin/perl
> #
> # Created by Brandon Gillespie
> # Additional work by Vang (Dale Mayberry)
> #
> ## This creates a FIFO list of backups based off your configuration,
> ## it can do regular, weekly and monthly backups, with the intervals
> ## and depth of the FIFO list defined by you.
> #
> # INSTALL:
> #
> # determine your world directory (i.e. the directory where 'binary'
> # exists). Change the following variable to the full path to your
> # world directory:
>=20
> $base =3D "../";
>=20
> When I followed those instructions, backups worked fine.
> -pete (PBombard@altavista.net)
>=20
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