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From: malin@godot.radonc.unc.edu (Malin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: recovering from errors during unattended backups
Keywords: autodump interrupts errors
Message-ID: <1145@godot.radonc.unc.edu>
Date: 5 Dec 89 22:13:25 GMT
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Organization: Radiation Oncology, NCMH/UNC, Chapel Hill
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I have a csh script run from cron which handles unattended nightly backup of
1+ gigabytes of disk to VHS tape. Normally, everything works like a charm.
However, for monthly backups I have the system shut itself down to single
user, run the backup script from /.profile, then reboot to multiuser. 
So far so good. If, however, the dump is interrupted, /etc/dump demands 
operator intervention, no terminal exists for operator interaction (operator 
is home asleep in any case) and the system hangs. Are there any ways
to circumvent /etc/dump's operator notification so that it just
terminates upon failure (at which point the controlling script can
exit gracefully)?

			-- Larry Margolese-Malin
			   University of N. Carolina
			   Department of Radiation Oncology
			   (919) 966-1101

			   malin@godot.radonc.unc.edu
-- 

			Larry Margolese-Malin

			malin@godot.radonc.unc.edu