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Shell Script Language – Use Perl, Not Bash
To me, a shell script is a script that automates repetitive tasks. But that is not the ‘official’ definition. Wikipedia has this definition… A shell script is a script written for the shell, or...
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Shell Script to Backup Files Locally Using Rsync
All programmers have their own customized backup solutions. I have six. Yes, six! Five to backup files and one to backup database tables. And I am not counting version control or other backup systems...
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Script to Backup Files Over a Network Using Rsync
This script will backup the specified files to another computer on your network. You can also use this to send your files to a remote server. This script compliments the last Rsync Backup script. Its...
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So far, we covered backing up files locally and over a network. Now let let see how to backup databases(only mysql supported – yet). The script uses ‘mysqldump’ command to backup the data. That means...
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