Topic: Manually kick off the Standard Backup

[Smitro]

Hi all,

I've started using the new backup option that is now included with SME, it was known as backup to dar. Last night I forgot to leave the machine on that my SME box backs up to, so I missed a backup. Is there a command that will manually kick it off?

[David Harper]

/sbin/e-smith/do_backupwk should do the trick.

[Smitro]

Cool, that looks like it's done/doing the trick. It doesn't return a prompt, so does that mean I have to leave the session open until it's done?

Is there a way to background this task for future?

[David Harper]

No, it's a child process, so even if you background it (with &) when you close the session it will terminate abnormally.

[Smitro]

Fair enough. Thanks.

[CharlieBrady]

Is there a way to background this task for future?

nohup name/of/command

[Smitro]

This doesn't work, it still leaves you without a prompt, and if you close it, it will end the backup.

[thomasch]

try add an ampersand trailing :

nohup /sbin/e-smith/do_backupwk &

thomas

[cactus]

Have a look at the screen utility: http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/09/27/a-guide-to-gnu-screen/