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Fix the backup scrip to avoid filling up the disk #527

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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions scripts/sh_backup_db.sh
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Expand Up @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ DB_NAME=mpop_database
DUMP_DIR=~/backups
DATE_NOW=$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%Hh%Mm%S)
DELETE_OLDER_THAN=180 # days
DO_DELETE_OLD_FILES=false
DO_DELETE_OLD_FILES=true

echo Date and time: ${DATE_NOW}

Expand All @@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ mysqldump -u ${DB_USER} -p${DB_PASS} ${DB_NAME} > \
# Delete files older than N days:

echo "Old files:"
find ${DUMP_DIR} -type f -mtime +${DELETE_OLDER_THAN}
find ${DUMP_DIR} -type f -name \*.sql -mtime +${DELETE_OLDER_THAN}
if [ ${DO_DELETE_OLD_FILES} == true ];
then
find ${DUMP_DIR} -type f -mtime +${DELETE_OLDER_THAN} \
find ${DUMP_DIR} -type f -name \*.sql -mtime +${DELETE_OLDER_THAN} \
-exec rm {} +
fi

6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion scripts/sh_rsync_dataviz-b.sh
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@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
#!/bin/bash
# Copies the backups to another computer

rsync -a ~/backups/* dataviz-b:backups/
rsync --archive \
--verbose \
--human-readable \
--delete-before \
~/backups/ dataviz-b:backups/

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