[Sheflug] tar script for Steve Tickle

[wulfie <nospam [at] wulfric7.co.uk>]

Sorry 'bout this, lost Steve's own address :(
Put this in /usr/local/bin, make sure it's executable. To avoid making one
huge backup log, you can append the date to the log filename. BTW, tar
restores are sequential - if you want to restore the last file on the tape
it has to hunt the whole archive to get there. You can however restore hte
tape with a minimal system.

Paul.


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#!/bin/bash
#
#backup script 
#
# First rewind the tape

echo About to rewind the tape
touch backup.log
echo -n "Backup started at "  >>backup.log
mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind

echo Tape rewound, backup starting now.........

# The full backup

tar -cvpPf /dev/nst0 --label="backup" \
--directory / --exclude proc \
--exclude /cdrom --exclude /floppy --exclude /usr/doc >>backup.log

echo Backup complete, about to rewind the tape

# rewind after completion

mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind

echo "Tape rewound, ejecting tape now. Have a nice life."

mt -f /dev/nst0 eject
echo -n "Backup finished at " >>backup.log
date >>backup.log

echo "Backup complete at 'date'"