Brent Saner on 27 Oct 2007 02:44:16 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] non-nerdy ... a non-rant

  • From: "Brent Saner" <brent.saner@gmail.com>
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  • Subject: Re: [PLUG] non-nerdy ... a non-rant
  • Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:44:08 -0400
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oooh, you're about to pop your scripting cherry!

don't worry, it's VERY non-scary. i feel pretty comfortable with it, and i'm the guy that can't write a line of code to save his life. (i can read it for the most part, but write it? nope. can't do it. same thing with french.)

there are a lot of really great texts out there for scripting. i MUST recommend "A Practical Guide to Linux: Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming" by Mark G. Sobell (of the Sobell publishing house, i believe), as well as "Linux Shell Scripting with Bash" by Ken O. Burtch.

the former is a HUGE tome, filled with excercises and summaries and reviews. the latter is a smaller book but focused more on actual scripting theory.

On 10/26/07, jeff <jeffv@op.net> wrote:
JP Vossen wrote:
> Not a 100% answer to your specific criteria, but some may be close
> enough.  I highly recommend the book, it tries to address all of the
> backup related issues and questions you mentioned.

Thanks for the suggestions.  The book looks very interesting - I'm going
to order it.

Having said that (and not addressing you personally), checking around
further illustrates my point.  My non-rant was not an appeal for
software so much as pointing out the difficulty I faced trying to find a
solution.

It's all rather a lot to just back up some files, eh?

>From the perspective of a linux backup newbie, most of the software I've
seen is ridiculously complex or kludgey.  Imagine having to set up a
server to do backups... or pull... or a web server....

I dl'd a few scripts, which I suppose are going to be my intro to
scripting.  Yes, another thing I've never done in lin.  Imagine the
impending rant :)




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