John Weez wrote:
>
> I have a simple crude script which i use to backup some data.
>
> I use shell escapes to mount my jazz drive..then tar the data on to the
> jazz drive...then i attempt to unmount the jazz drive...
>
> here is what happens...
>
> the program seems to work..the files are sav
Ah I see my mistake...i thought perl just assigned the shell escape to the
variable..but it seems perl actually executes teh shell escape when the
statement is initially assigned to the variable.
$backup_rootmail = `tar -cf /mnt/jazz/backup_rootmail.tar /root/mail`;
On Wed, 26 Dec 2001, Jo
Hi all,
I have a simple crude script which i use to backup some data.
I use shell escapes to mount my jazz drive..then tar the data on to the
jazz drive...then i attempt to unmount the jazz drive...
here is what happens...
the program seems to work..the files are saved in /mnt/jazz and i can
