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Re: [BackupPC-users] periodically e2fsck the device /var/lib/backuppc

2009-09-06 07:42:58
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] periodically e2fsck the device /var/lib/backuppc
From: Matthias Meyer <matthias.meyer AT gmx DOT li>
To: backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:38:53 +0200
Chris Robertson wrote:

> Matthias Meyer wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I plan to periodically e2fsck my /var/lib/backuppc.
>> I want to write a bash script which check if BackupPC_dump is running.
>> If not, it will stop backuppc, unmount the device and run
>> e2fsck -fp $device
>>
>> What is about BackupPC_link? Should I check for this process too?
>>   
> 
> Yes.
> 
>> There are further processes for which I should wait before unmounting the
>> device?
>>   
> 
> BackupPC_nightly
> 
> BackupPC_trashClean is started by the BackupPC service, but the dump and
> nightly jobs are (by default) schedule based, and the link follows a
> dump.  The job queue is not retained over a shutdown-startup cycle.
> 
Is there a way to retain the job queue? Or to check if anything is in it?

Matthias
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