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From: davidsen@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP (William E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: incremental backups using cpio...HOW???
Keywords: incrmental backup cpio
Message-ID: <9316@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP>
Date: 25 Jan 88 20:14:32 GMT
References: <155@csd_v.UUCP| <252@mybest.UUCP>
Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen)
Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY
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In article <252@mybest.UUCP> paddock@mybest.UUCP (Steve Paddock) writes:
| In article <155@csd_v.UUCP| bak@csd_v.UUCP (Bruce) writes:
| |
| |I have a problem with backups that I've never seen mentioned anywhere
| |on the net and I'm wondering if I'm missing some very obvious solution.
| |......
|
| What I do is create a file /etc/lastbak, and touch it after each
| successful backup.  I then use find / -newer /etc/lastbak -print|cpio -o[etc.]

I would recommend that you do the following:
	1. touch another file, such a this bak
	2. do the backup using the -newer lastbak
	3. mv thisbak lastbak
There are some windows in using only one file which are undesirable in
an active system.
-- 
	bill davidsen		(wedu@ge-crd.arpa)
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"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me