Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Working Well - Except Archiving
2008-11-20 11:17:04
Have a look at these for compression :
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=abf696d2-1326-4acc-8cee-374badd63779
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=c3e8b09d-a5c3-4782-93f7-44457dc1f048
> From: samk-01 AT ntlworld DOT com > To: backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net > Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:38:44 +0000 > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Working Well - Except Archiving > > > > > > From: "Nils Breunese (Lemonbit)" <nils AT lemonbit DOT com> > > Date: 2008/11/20 Thu PM 02:03:39 GMT > > To: "General list for user discussion, > > questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net> > > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Working Well - Except Archiving > > > > SamK wrote: > > > > > A copy of BackupPC 3.1 has been obtained from the main Ubuntu > > > repository and successfully installed on v 8.04-Server. This has > > > now provided access to the file BackupPC_archiveStart which I intend > > > to use via cron as outlined in the BackupPC documentation. > > > > > > When executed from the command line this produces an archive > > > in .tar.raw format rather than gzip format. I must be going "snow > > > blind" on this as I simply cannot figure out what configuration > > > entries need to be made in which files to achieve this. I am now > > > totally confused and cannot make progress by using the documentation. > > > > > > Is anyone willing to give me a hand with this? > > > > What is your question exactly? If you want a gzipped archive then use > > gzip to compress the tar archive. > > > > Nils Breunese. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url="">> > _______________________________________________ > > BackupPC-users mailing list > > BackupPC-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net > > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > > > > > The lack of clarity in my earlier question was probably the result of my frustration at the failure to do something that should be easily do-able. > > All I want to achieve is > * Emulate the clicking of the Start Archive Button in the BackupPc web interface. This is working perfectly satisfactorily via CGI. It produces compressed archives FileName.tar.gz. > > * Schedule this to run under cron > > * Use the Archive[Pre Post]User commands to to mount a Truecrypt Volume on a removable disk to store the archives in an encrypted partition used for off-site storage. > > Ideally I would like to keep as close as possible to the default installation of BackupPC in meeting these goals and thereby keep user-generated scripts to a minimum or even eliminated. > > I would like to stress that I am not asking that someone else do the work here; rather offer assistance and guidance out of my current confusion. > > > SamK > > ----------------------------------------- > Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url="">> _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
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