Re: Automatic Backups

Thom, We do it out here on Drake road. ontape -s -L 0 < /object/bin/archive.input \\ >> /object/error/archive.out 2>> /object/error/archive.out Checkout the first three files starting with a on vth1- /object/bin. archive_bg.sh calls archive.sh and when appropriate uses archive.input. archive.input contains a couple of hex 0a's. I don't remember if we catted them there or vi'ed them Con On 28 Oct 1996, Hadley wrote: > Does anybody know how to perform a complete backup from the shell prompt. > I want to do automatic backups and I don't know how to force the return > after the prompt for the insertion of the backup tape. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. > > -- > +=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+ > |Thom Hadley | | > | | | > |Colorado State University | | > |College of Veterinary Medicine and | | > |Biomedical Sciences +=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+ > |Budget and Finance Office | email: thadley@cvmbs.colostate.edu[MIME]| > |101A Physiology | Voice: (970) 491-3439 | > |Fort Collins, CO 80523 | Fax : (970) 491-5413 | > +=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+ >