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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>1993-05-07 14:16:11 +0000
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>1993-05-07 14:16:11 +0000
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+# site-specific parameters for file system backup.
+
+# User name of administrator of backups.
+ADMINISTRATOR=backup-reports
+
+# Hour at which backups are normally done.
+# This should be a number from 0 to 23.
+BACKUP_HOUR=1
+
+# Location of GNU tar. This must be the same for all hosts.
+TAR=/usr/local/gnubin/tar
+
+# Device to use for dumping. It should be on the host
+# on which the dump scripts are run.
+TAPE_FILE=/dev/nrsmt0
+
+# Command to obtain status of tape drive, including error count.
+# On some tape drives there may not be such a command;
+# then simply use `TAPE_STATUS=false'.
+#
+# Might also consider
+# TAPE_STATUS="mt -f ${TAPE_FILE} status"
+# if `mts' is missing, though this alternative is rather verbose.
+TAPE_STATUS="mts -t ${TAPE_FILE}"
+
+# Blocking factor to use for writing the dump.
+BLOCKING=124
+
+# Name of temporary file to hold volume numbers. This needs to be accessible
+# by all the machines which have filesystems to be dumped.
+VOLNO_FILE=/home/gd2/dump/volnofile
+
+# Script to be run when it's time to insert a new tape in for the next
+# volume. Administrators may want to tailor this script for their site.
+# If this variable isn't set, tar will use some default behavior which is
+# probably defined in the manual.
+#DUMP_REMIND_SCRIPT='rsh apple-gunkies /home/gd2/dump/dump-remind'
+
+# List of file systems to be dumped.
+# Actually, any directory may be used, but if it has subdirectories on
+# other file systems, they are not included.
+# The host name specifies which host to run tar on.
+# It should normally be the host that actually has the file system.
+# If GNU tar is not installed on that machine, then you can specify some
+# other host which can access the file system through NFS.
+# Although these are arranged one per line, that is not mandatory.
+# It does not work to use # for comments within the string.
+
+BACKUP_DIRS='
+ albert:/fs/fsf
+ sugar-bombs:/fs/gd
+ albert:/fs/gd2
+ churchy:/fs/gd3
+ nutrimat:/fs/gp
+ nutrimat:/fs/gp2
+ albert:/fs/mailer
+ placebo:/archive
+ nutrimat:/fs/dist
+ albert:/
+ albert:/usr
+ nutrimat:/
+ placebo:/
+ ernst:/usr1
+'
+
+# List of individual files to be dumped.
+# These should be accesible from the machine on which the dump is run.
+BACKUP_FILES=''
+
+# Message to display on the terminal while waiting for dump time. Usually
+# this will just be some literal text, preferably something more
+# entertaining than this. The awk script here saves some redundant
+# repetition, but is not really all that desirable.
+SLEEP_MESSAGE="`awk '
+ BEGIN {
+ for (i = 0; i < 30; i++)
+ print \" \" \
+ \"D O N O T T O U C H T H I S T E R M I N A L !!!!!\"
+ }' /dev/null`"
+
+
+# eof