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Re: [Networker] How not to backup changetime data?

2005-03-30 10:02:53
Subject: Re: [Networker] How not to backup changetime data?
From: John Stoffel <john.stoffel AT TAEC.TOSHIBA DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 09:58:47 -0500
>>>>> "George" == George Sinclair <George.Sinclair AT NOAA DOT GOV> writes:

George> What concerns me is the *amount* of data. This is forcing
George> almost a tape every night, but prior to the implementation of
George> the cron script that's running these chmods, the affected file
George> system was backing up maybe a fraction of a tape, not even a
George> gig. 

I've run into this exact same issue before, and the only way to
address it in a proper way is to talk with the users and work with
them to fix the cron script and change it to use 'find' instead of
just a random 'chmod -R ...' all the time. 

John
    John Stoffel - Senior Staff Systems Administrator - System LSI Group
  Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. - http://www.toshiba.com/taec
             john.stoffel AT taec.toshiba DOT com - 508-486-1087

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