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== '''This page is dedicated to explaining how to automate oar backup via cron task in linux'''<br>  ==

'''First thing you will need to do is add the following line to your OpenSim.ini in the [Startup] section'''<br> 

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; timer_Script = "backup.txt"<br> 

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'''for this example we will put these scripts in the following location:''' 

/home/user/bin 

'''and backups will go into:'''<br> 

/home/user/backups<br> 

'''and opensim will reside in:'''<br> 

/home/user/opensim/bin<br> 

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'''next you will need to create the scripts that cron task will run and the files that these scripts will copy over''' 

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the following files go in /home/user/bin 

oarbackup_on.sh 

oarbackup_off.sh 

backup_on.txt 

backup_off.txt <br> 

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'''backup_on.txt should have the following on line 1:''' 

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save oar /home/user/backups/opensim.oar<br> 

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'''backup_off.txt should remain blank with nothing inside'''<br> 

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'''oarbackup_on.sh should have the following on line 1:'''<br> 

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cp backup_on.txt /home/user/opensim/bin/backup.txt<br> 

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'''oarbackup_off.sh should have the following on line 1:'''<br> 

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cp backup_off.txt /home/user/opensim/bin/backup.txt<br> 

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'''now to setup your cron task run "crontab -e" and add the following 2 lines:'''<br>

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0 0 * * * sh /home/user/bin/oarbackup_on.sh<br>

5 0 * * * sh /home/user/bin/oarbackup_off.sh<br>

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this will run your oar backup at 12:00am every day

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