Topic: Backup to Workstation - adding 'non standard' folders

[paul_NZ]

Have a server utilising Backup or Restore - Backup to Workstation to a SME Server attached local usbdisk ... works great! but now there is a need to backup 'non standard folders' ... specifically, var/lib/mailman and usr/lib/mailman

How is this able to be achieved? or is it able to be achieved?

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

[stephen noble]

http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter10#To_Workstation
http://wiki.contribs.org/Backup_with_dar

[paul_NZ]

http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter10#To_Workstation
http://wiki.contribs.org/Backup_with_dar

Thanks ... I missed the bit in Backup_with_dar

[CharlieBrady]

Have a server utilising Backup or Restore - Backup to Workstation to a SME Server attached local usbdisk ... works great! but now there is a need to backup 'non standard folders' ... specifically, var/lib/mailman and usr/lib/mailman

How is this able to be achieved?

I would do it via:

#stop mailman
mkdir /home/e-smith/mailman
mv /var/lib/mailman /home/e-smith/mailman/var
ln -s /home/e-smith/mailman/var /var/lib/mailman
mv /usr/lib/mailman /home/e-smith/mailman/usr
ln -s /home/e-smith/mailman/usr /usr/lib/mailman
# start mailman

You will need to manually create the symlinks on the new system after a restore.

[paul_NZ]

Thanks Charlie ... always more way than one to do things