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Level:<\/strong> Intermediate Backup commands<\/strong> Recovery commands (Create \/recover directory first)<\/strong> Introduction to Linux<\/strong> This class teaches students how to backup directories using TAR, and demonstrates how to schedule tasks using Cron Jobs.<\/p>\n Topics Covered<\/strong> Backup Using TAR<\/strong> Cron Jobs<\/strong> [flowplayer src=”https:\/\/easy-admin.ca\/my_uploads\/2016\/03\/Linux_Backup_with_TAR_and_Cron Jobs.mp4″ width=”100%”] Level: Intermediate Length of Class: 35 Minutes Backup commands # sudo tar -cvpzf backupnamedate.tar.gz –exclude=\/mnt \/ Recovery commands (Create \/recover directory first) sudo tar -xvpzf backupnamedate.tar.gz -C \/recover Introduction to Linux Installing Linux Basic Linux Tasks VIM for File Editing Navigation in Linux Users, Groups and Permissions in Linux Purpose of … Continue reading Linux Backup with TAR and Cron<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/easy-admin.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/easy-admin.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/easy-admin.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/easy-admin.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/easy-admin.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/easy-admin.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/easy-admin.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/easy-admin.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/easy-admin.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nLength of Class:<\/strong> 35 Minutes<\/p>\n
\n# sudo tar -cvpzf backupnamedate.tar.gz –exclude=\/mnt \/<\/p>\n
\nsudo tar -xvpzf backupnamedate.tar.gz -C \/recover<\/p>\n
\nInstalling Linux
\nBasic Linux Tasks
\nVIM for File Editing
\nNavigation in Linux
\nUsers, Groups and Permissions in Linux
\nPurpose of Class<\/p>\n
\nBacking Up Directories with TAR
\nRecovering Directories with TAR
\nSetting Up Cron Jobs for Scheduled Tasks
\nClass Notes<\/p>\n
\nBackup = sudo tar –cvpzf backup.taz.gz –exclude\/=directory (recursive) PATH
\n–c = create new file (overwrites old file)
\n–v = verbose
\n–p = preserve permissions
\n–z = compress
\n–f = filename (very important)
\n–exclude=DIRCECTORY is Recursive
\nNaming Files with time = filename-$(date +%F-%T)
\nRecover Files from a TAR File
\nRecover = sudo tar –xvpzf FILE –C \/DIRECTORY
\nCapital -C = change to directory
\n-x = extract<\/p>\n
\nTo Edit the Crontab File = sudo cron –e (first time it will ask you your default editor)
\nFormat = minute (0-59), hour (0-23, 0 = midnight), day (1-31), month (1-12), weekday (0-6, 0 = Sunday), command
\n* Wildcard for Every Minute\/Day\/Hour\/Month?Day of Week
\nExample to Backup Entire Server for 1am Every Morning = 0 1 * * * sudo tar -cvpzf \/backup.tar.gz –exclude=\/mnt \/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"