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Re: crontab

2002-09-10 11:15:29
Subject: Re: crontab
From: Jon LaBadie <jon AT jgcomp DOT com>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 10:32:44 -0400
On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 09:25:02AM +0200, Brian Jonnes wrote:
> On Mon 09 Sep 02 22:14, Chris Bourne wrote:
> > 0 14 * * 1-6    /usr/sbin/amcheck -Mmis AT xapnet DOT com DailySet1
> > 0 1 * * 1-6    /usr/sbin/amtape DailySet1 slot next
> > 0 2 * * 0    /usr/sbin/amtape DailySet1 clean
> > 0 2 * * 1-6    /usr/sbin/amdump DailySet1
> 
> Just one suggestion: You are running amcheck at 14h00 Monday to Friday, and 
> amdump 02h00 Monday to Friday. Not sure if this is what you want; I'd imagine 
> you want:
> 
> 0 2 * * 2-7   /usr/sbin/amdump DailySet1
> 
> That is, 02h00 Tuesday to Sunday.

Either way, one backup will be 2 days worth of activity.  I follow Chris'
scheme -- btw it is Monday to Saturday, not M-F.  So I (and Chris) would
collect Sat+Sun on the Monday 2AM backup.  Your scheme would collect
Sun+Mon on the Tuesday backup.

jl
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