This is a discussion on Re: Backup & Permissions Questions within the Linux Operating System forums, part of the Unix Operating Systems category; --> Brad S wrote: > Does anyone or know of scripts/methods for backing up directories on a > linux machine ...
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| Brad S wrote: > Does anyone or know of scripts/methods for backing up directories on a > linux machine to a windows machine? Also Is there anyway to have a > file change its status to read only after it hasn't been modified for > x amount of days? > > Thanks Again for All the Great Advice. Transmit a gzipped tarball of the directory in question, or learn to use SMB mounting if you don't care about symbolic links. And yes, you can set a cron job to run the "find" command and detect all such files and modify them as needed. A similar task is used to flush the /tmp directory. |