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#26 2009-04-02 01:00:53
- josomebody
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Re: backing up pacman DB for future corruptions
I think you just became a victim of a great idea, smart guy.
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#27 2009-04-02 01:05:18
- ahronzombi
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Re: backing up pacman DB for future corruptions
when i did it i though it would become a apr1l f00ls j0ke. but i needed to go to 64 anyway
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#28 2009-04-02 01:38:48
- Xiong Chiamiov
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Re: backing up pacman DB for future corruptions
Take a look at 'date --help' to get formatted time/date strings (the command will be of the form `date +"%a"`. Combine that with tar and you've got your command.
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#29 2009-04-02 02:47:43
- ahronzombi
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Re: backing up pacman DB for future corruptions
working with this config, doing etc and db backups with 2 locations one is temp and is deleted after 7 days, let me know if anyone sees errors
45 18 * * * /bin/tar -zcvf "/media/Backup/etcbackup-`date '+%B-%d-%Y'`.tgz
45 18 * * * /usr/bin/yaourt --backup /media/Backup
45 18 * * * /bin/tar -zcvf "/home/ahron/backups/etcbackup-`date '+%B-%d-%Y'`.tgz
45 18 * * * /usr/bin/yaourt --backup /home/ahron/backups
45 18 * * * find /home/ahron/backups -type f -name 'pacman-*bz2' -mtime +7 -delete
45 18 * * * find /home/ahron/backups -type f -name 'pacman-*tgz' -mtime +7 -deleteRegistered: 2007-05-05
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