M-Backup

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In Brief

Single command to back up all important system information.

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Updated:	16 Mar 2006
File Size:	18KB
License:	GPL
Download:	/coolsolutions/tools/downloads/mbackup.sh
Publisher:	Makarand Hazarika

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Details

M-Backup is a tool for making backup of important system files and other important system information. There are many important files that are scattered over the system which needs to be regularly backed up. Keeping track of all these files is quite painful.

M-Backup is a command line tool that will backup all these files. System administrators can add more files to the list of files that needs to be backed up according to needs.

M-Backup can even be used for inventory purpose, for keeping record of various configuration information.

Run by simply issuing the command ./mbackup.sh after logging in as root. It will create a directory MBackup under root's home directory and store the various system information. It will also create a log file that will list all the files and other information that was saved. If mbackup is added in crontab, it can do the jobs automatically.

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Reader Comments

• hey, it's really neat. thanks, it's quite helpful
• Hey, this one is really good. simple to use and can do everything from the command line itself. keep up the good work.
• i am impressed by what you have done here. this is one application that shows the power of shell scripts.
• simple but handy tool.
• yeah its really good. i always needed such a utility
• Your application is really good, well done. I was thinkign there are some more files that you could have taken back up of.
• It is the sickest piece of code. Just writing a few lines is no utility at all. People at Novell Cool should stop such softwares from being uploaded,
• I have added some files in the list of back up and removed some i didn't need. Now it is perfect for my personal use. Thanks. it now saves me lots of time