Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!purdue!haven!adm!xadmx!MATHRICH@umcvmb.missouri.edu From: MATHRICH@umcvmb.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel UMC Math Department) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Backup under sunos 4.0 Message-ID: <19460@adm.BRL.MIL> Date: 4 May 89 19:50:33 GMT Sender: news@adm.BRL.MIL Lines: 8 I'd like to do level 0 dumps using cron, but I understand the system should be brought down to single user mode for level 0 backups. Won't this interrupt the execution of any shell scripts or other processes, including my 'backup' script? Could anyone share their solutions for automatic dumps? Thanks! Rich Winkel