This script requires genuine cp -al capable gnu and rsync commands together with a hardlink capable FS + OS. #!/bin/bash [ $# -ne 2 ] && echo “Incorrect usage : $0 <source path> <target path>” && exit 128 ; SOURCEFOLDER=$1 TARGETFOLDER=$2 SF_LEN=${#SOURCEFOLDER}-1 TF_LEN=${#TARGETFOLDER}-1 #echo “Last character in source folder is ${SOURCEFOLDER:SF_LEN}” if […
So the story goes like this : wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/bacula/files/latest/download?source=files tar zxvf bacula-*.tar.gz cd bacula-<fiolder> ./configure –enable-client-only make make install make install-autostart-fd nJoy 😉
We all had the problem of needing to backup a folder or an entire system from a machine before decommissioning or as a postfix backup solution only to find tarring aint gonna work cause you have very little space left. Also there are folders you want to avoid tarring since they contain logs or system…
