Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] A different backup every day...

2008-08-28 10:05:24
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] A different backup every day...
From: Dan Langille <dan AT langille DOT org>
To: Matthew Macdonald-Wallace <lists AT truthisfreedom.org DOT uk>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:05:08 -0400
Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> We've got a system at the moment that requires a backup of a different
> directory every day (!).
> 
> Basically, the software generates data into a given directory based on
> the week, then the day of the week.  We need to do a full backup of the
> daily directory onto a separate tape that will contain only the data
> from that day and label it accordingly.
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions?

Can this new directory be placed within a fixed point every day?

Your backup then becomes simple: you backup the parent directory.

-- 
Dan Langille

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