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From: liberte@uiucdcs.Uiuc.ARPA
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Subject: Re: something better than "dump W"?
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Date: Wed, 24-Jul-85 17:43:00 EDT
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This may not be what you wanted, but I have a script to direct remote
incremental dumps automatically.  Called by cron on one machine with
a large, empty partition, it figures out which of several machines
need a weekly incremental dump and which were missed last time around.
Then it starts a remote dump on those machines.  After the weeklies,
all machines get a daily incremental dump.  Another script called
by an operator in the morning copies the dumps to tape.  Errors of most
kinds are caught and mailed to the administrator.

Dan LaLiberte
liberte@uiucdcs.Uiuc.ARPA
ihnp4!uiucdcs!liberte
{ A dump a day keeps the dumpster away }