# Tape device. Use the non-rewinding one for these scripts. # # For SCSI tapes this is /dev/nst#, where # is the number of the # tape drive you want to use. If you only have one then use # nst0. # # For IDE tapes you use /dev/ht#, where # is the number of the tape # drive you want to use (usually ht0). # # For floppy tape drives use /dev/ftape. # DEV=/dev/nst0 # Person to mail to if the backup fails for any reason ADMIN=root # Time to sleep between tape operations. Some drives need a bit # more than others, but 5 seems to work for 8mm, 4mm, and DLT SLEEP=5 # This worked fine for 8mm, then 4mm, and now DLT. An optimal # setting is probably however much data your drive writes at one # time. BLOCKSIZE=32768 # A short date string, used in backup log filenames. SHORTDATE=$(date +%y:%m:%d:%H:%M) # This is used for the log file directory. DAY=$(date +log-%y:%m:%d) # Regular date string, used in log files. DATE=$(date) # Root of the logging directory LOGROOT=/var/log/backup # This is the file name the incremental backup will use to store # the incremental list. It will be $LIST-{some number}. LIST=$LOGROOT/incremental-list # For counting as you go to know which incremental list to use DOTCOUNT=$LOGROOT/.count # For rewinding when done...might not use. COUNTER=$LOGROOT/counter-file # The file we keep our list of backup(s) we want to make. BACKUPTAB=/etc/backuptab