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fbackup

Jeff Hagstrom — Fri, 04 May 2001 18:46:59 GMT

Is there a way to not stop if a file is in use?
fbackup -0i /a -i /a1 -f /dev/rmt/2m

Re: fbackup

Thierry Poels_1 — Fri, 04 May 2001 18:51:54 GMT

hi,
fbackup will stop backing up the file if it is in use, and will retry a number of times (as defined in your config file, laaaaarge files are not retried).
regards,
Thierry.

Re: fbackup

Peter Maitland — Fri, 04 May 2001 18:53:24 GMT

Points Police

This member has assigned points to 2 of 31 responses to his/her questions.

Jeff,

If you want people to go on helping you, you really should go back to your previous postings and assign points to the people who took the time to help you.

Peter

Re: fbackup

James R. Ferguson — Fri, 04 May 2001 18:54:18 GMT

Hi Jeff:

'fbackup' *will* copy "in-use" files. It is designed to operate these environments.

When 'fbackup' starts to copy a file it notes its timestamp. At the conclusion of the transfer to tape, the timestamp of the file is examined again. If it is unchanged, all is well. IF the timestamps are noted to differ, then fbackup proceeds to recopy the file. By default this will occur five (5) times. You can alter this be changing the parameter in the 'config' file.

See the man pages for more on the 'config' file.

...JRF...

Re: fbackup

James R. Ferguson — Fri, 04 May 2001 19:01:19 GMT

Hi Jeff (again):

For the best, historical categorization of threads, I would suggest that you choose something like "System Administration" for questions relating to "fbackup". Use the "Ignite" category for your Ignite-related questions, like those you have had on 'make_tape_recovery'.

But, by all means, keep those questions coming!

Regards!

...JRF...