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From: jmb@patton.SGI.COM (Jim Barton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: backup through the fs
Summary: On BRU ...
Message-ID: <31286@sgi.SGI.COM>
Date: 25 Apr 89 00:56:40 GMT
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In article <9405@dasys1.UUCP>, rpaul@dasys1.UUCP (Rod Paul) writes:
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> I ended up writing a shell as a general front end at our facility (as
> "bru" has so many flags), I used some other shell from the SGI release
> as a template. I don't remember what it was now, just check out every
> damn program that does backups.

The base level shell for modifying is called 'beer' (pun on 'bru' obvious),
which sets up a simple daily, weekly and quarterly backup schedule for
an operator to follow.  I believe it's installed in /etc and is standard
with the release.

> One thing I wonder though, how portable is a file backed up with "bru"?

I took pains to keep bru compatible with other EST implementations of bru,
so tapes written with it should be readable on anybody else's bru.

> -- 
> Rodian Paul				|
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