Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!iuvax!bsu-cs!koffi From: koffi@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (There will be enough room in HEAVENS for all of US) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin Subject: Looking for shell script for backup on BSD 4.3 Message-ID: <11885@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> Date: 9 Oct 90 03:21:33 GMT Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, IN, USA Lines: 11 Hello, Is there any best way to do backups using a shell script program which will automatically kill the idle users on the systems, turn off the acct and the login file, etc ... Is it advised to write this type of shell script or C program to perform a one shot backup - from beginning to finish? Koffi