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Date:      Fri, 23 Mar 2001 12:34:36 -0500
From:      Mikel <mikel@ocsinternet.com>
To:        ostap <ostap@ukrpost.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: /var/mail backup
Message-ID:  <3ABB892C.98AA9B0D@ocsinternet.com>
References:  <3ABB2A0A.AF20BB18@ukrpost.net> <3ABB4D18.3C480DF@ocsinternet.com> <3ABB4E49.633862D@ukrpost.net>

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Ok then just take a snapshot...I have over 1000 and during the past 3 years
haven't had a problem just taring the dir up. then untar it where you
want...

cheers,
mikel

ostap wrote:

> well, about a hundred
>
> Mikel wrote:
> >
> > Ok I have a question for you how many user mailboxes are we talking
> > about?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Mikel
> >
> > ostap wrote:
> >
> > > hello
> > > i'm interested in a way of making backups of a /var/mail directory
> > > on a running freebsd mail server, or may be just keeping it in sync
> > > with some another dir to prevent data loss in case of hdd failure.
> > > the obvious problem is that this information is constantly changing
> > > and may be file locks or something like that should be implemented
> > > during backup/
> > > syncing procedure. will the tool like rsync do this job correcly?
> > > can anyone make this clear to me?
> > >
> > > thank you
> > >
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