[gentoo-user] rsnapshot - crontab?

[gentoo-user] rsnapshot - crontab?

[Tanstaafl]

Would anyone who is using rsnapshot be willing to share their crontab 
entries?

I'm especially interested in how best to test for the 
existence/availability of a remotely mounted filesystem, and run the 
backup if it exists and abort if it doesn't.

Thanks

Re: [gentoo-user] rsnapshot - crontab?

[covici]

Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@libertytrek.org> wrote:

> Would anyone who is using rsnapshot be willing to share their crontab
> entries?
> 
> I'm especially interested in how best to test for the
> existence/availability of a remotely mounted filesystem, and run the
> backup if it exists and abort if it doesn't.

I don't run rsnapshot directly from cron, but shell scripts for hourly,
daily, etc., where I can test return codes from mount, etc. all I want.

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[gentoo-user] Re: rsnapshot - crontab?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2013-03-15, Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@libertytrek.org> wrote:

> Would anyone who is using rsnapshot be willing to share their crontab 
> entries?

# crontab -l
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall.
# (/tmp/crontab.XXXXfEjZZL installed on Thu May 26 14:47:04 2011)
# (Cron version V5.0 -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.12 2004/01/23 18:56:42
vixie Exp $)
3 0 1 * *           /usr/bin/rsnapshot monthly
3 1 * * 6           /usr/bin/rsnapshot weekly
3 3 * * *           /usr/bin/rsnapshot daily

> I'm especially interested in how best to test for the 
> existence/availability of a remotely mounted filesystem, and run the 
> backup if it exists and abort if it doesn't.

rsnapshot has an option specifically for that (which I use to handle
the case where my Firewire backup drive is disconnected or powered
down_).

From /etc/rsnapshot.conf:

# If no_create_root is enabled, rsnapshot will not automatically create the
# snapshot_root directory. This is particularly useful if you are backing
# up to removable media, such as a FireWire or USB drive.
#
no_create_root  1

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: rsnapshot - crontab?

[Tanstaafl]

On 2013-03-15 11:40 AM, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2013-03-15, Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@libertytrek.org> wrote:
>> I'm especially interested in how best to test for the
>> existence/availability of a remotely mounted filesystem, and run the
>> backup if it exists and abort if it doesn't.

>  From /etc/rsnapshot.conf:
>
> # If no_create_root is enabled, rsnapshot will not automatically create the
> # snapshot_root directory. This is particularly useful if you are backing
> # up to removable media, such as a FireWire or USB drive.
> #
> no_create_root  1

How did I miss that?

Thanks Grant.