From: mess-mate (messmatefree.fr)
Date: Fri Jul 01 2005 - 09:32:40 CDT

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Michael Nguyen <michaelntwentyten.org> wrote:
| So... I have these good sized mail servers and as a precaution, I back up
| user mailboxes every night. I currently use rsync which works fine, but it
| just takes sooooooooo long for rsync to do its thing. What's the best way
| to backup maildirs? What do you guys do?
|
Well, what i did:
#!/bin/bash

## bac_mail.sh

cd /backups

ARCHIVE="Maildir-$(date '+%Y-%m-%d').tgz"

tar czf "$ARCHIVE" /home/mess/Maildir &> /dev/null
ls -1 Maildir-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9].tgz | \
 grep -v -F "$ARCHIVE" | xargs rm -f
 
Then add the command to /etc/profile.
sh ~/where_youre_command-file_is/bac_mail.sh
 

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