Nightly backups

From: Jeff Morrow <jmorrow_at_socrates.berkeley.edu>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 10:43:16 -0700

This is probably just a generic Unix question, but here goes.

My root cron file contains this:

30 1 * * 2,3,4,5,6 /usr/users/jmorrow/autoBackup

/usr/users/jmorrow/autoBackup contains this:

tar -c /opt /osf_boot /sbin /subsys /sys /Mail /bin /usr /dev /var \
/etc /vmunix /genvmunix /vol /home /vygotsky_a \
/vygotsky_b /lib /vygotsky_c /mail /vygotsky_d \
/vygotsky_e /vygotsky_f /vygotsky_g /vygotsky_h /vygotsky_i |& mail \
jmorrow_at_alum.mit.edu ; mt offline

This causes the tar backup to happen just fine (I confirmed that the tape
contains all of my data), and the mail gets sent just fine. However, the
tape doesn't get ejected!

Running autoBackup from a command line DOES spit the tape out.

What am I missing here?

Thanks.

Jeff Morrow
jmorrow_at_alum.mit.edu
Received on Fri Sep 11 1998 - 17:44:04 NZST

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