che@ptsfb.UUCP (Mitch Che ) (10/07/85)
For 3B2 administrators: If you're doing backups using the "Simple
Administration" (sysadm), there is a small problem with /etc/savecpio
which may lead you to miss backing up important files. This script
does a find on each mounted file system for updated or new files, pipes the
list to sed (to remove any exceptions contained in /etc/save.d/timestamp/
except), and stores this list in a /tmp file. The problem is that this file
should be APPENDED to, not overwritten, otherwise only the last file
system is backed up... To save your sanity, change > to >> in this line
in the /etc/savecpio script:
find ${dirlist} -type f -newer ${DIR} -print |
sed -f /tmp/$$.3.save >>/tmp/$$.2.save
Also, while you're there check the lines that remove the /tmp files.
They should read rm /tmp/$$.*.save, not rm /tmp/$$.save*. Ever wonder
where those 40 /tmp files came from? Sloppy coding, AT&T.
--
Mitch Che
Pacific Bell
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