Subj : small request To : Tracker1 From : Angus Mcleod Date : Sat Dec 11 2004 08:22 am Re: small request By: Tracker1 to dove.synchronet.programmi on Sat Dec 11 2004 01:36:00 > I'm running Fedora Core 3... I'm so sorry. I am not aware of any specific medication, but perhaps some day you will spontaneously recover! > would like a shell script that I can run as my sbbs user, that will > copy/archive > /sbbs/ctrl to /sbbs/ctrl.bak > /sbbs/data to /sbbs/data.bak, > /sbbs/exec to /sbbs/exec.bak, > then do an update of sync from cvs, then rebuild... > > and another script to restore the backed up files (if needed)... Is your 'sbbs user' named 'sbbs'? What group are they in? And what is their home directory called? Will this script (the first one) be run manually by someone logged in as the 'sbbs user' or will it be run via the 'cron' daemon? --- þ Synchronet þ Great programs on the Synchronet Channel at The ANJO BBS .