Automatic unattended execution of 'dump' ?

[Karl T. Braun kral]

In article <1993 at udenva.UUCP> wedgingt at udenva.UUCP (Will Edgington/Ejeo) 
writes:

...
>  We do dumps 'auotmatically' by telling our operators to pick a certain
>choice on their menu (they log in as UID 0, but into a *very* restricted
>shell), which runs shutdown after echoing 'backup' into a certain file.
>Then, in /.profile, we have a test of the contents of that file; if it
>is 'backup', it runs a shell script '/etc/local/backup' which tells the
>operators which tape(s) to mount before it starts /etc/dump, the output
>of which is redirected using tee to both the console and /tmp/dump.out
>(or some such).  /bin/awk is then used to see if the dump failed by
>checking for 'DUMP IS DONE' in /tmp/dump.out.  If it failed, it's redone
>via a goto in /etc/local/backup; if not, the awk script enters a line in
>/etc/local/dump.inv(entory) listing the file system, mount point, number
>of tapes required, the date from /etc/dumpdates (or where ever /etc/dump
>puts it), the label(s) put on the outside of the tape, etc.  
...
>Anyone who wants any of the
>programs described above should send me mail; if I get enough requests, I'll
>post everything when I get it in decent shape.  Note that it is (and will be)
>only dependent on /etc/dump in a very small section of /etc/local/backup; if
>you System V people want to use it with cpio(1) or tar(1), it should be
>fairly easy.
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I tried to mail, but neither the mailer nor myself could quite make out
the address.  I am interested in the script, and I'm sure I'm not the
only one.  Thanx in advance for anything you may send or post.



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