Conf File Backup Idea

Bill Davidsen davidsen at tmr.com
Mon Aug 3 19:34:16 UTC 2009


Todd Zullinger wrote:
> Dave Ihnat wrote:
>> On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 02:23:57PM -0400, Thom Paine wrote:
>>> I was wondering if anyone routinely backups their conf files?
>> Years ago I fell into the habit of using RCS for simple things like
>> this.  Create a RCS directory, use 'ci' and 'co' to keep simple
>> versions of files.
> 
> Well, that surely counts as 'old school' Dave! :)
> 
> I didn't realize I was so old, but I used RCS for the same task in the
> past.  I've gone from cvs to svn to git in the intervening years.
> 
> 
Overkill for running on one machine. RCS is just fine for something simple like 
config, dead reliable.

So:

find /etc -cnewer /root/anaconda-ks.cfg | cpio -o -Hustar |
gpg -ea -r bkup_id | mail -s "Daily config $(date)" my_mail at somewhere.else

Compression, validation, and error checking in one shot.

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Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com>
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