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<p>Created page with &quot;== &#039;&#039;&#039;This page is dedicated to explaining how to automate oar backup via cron task in linux&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt; == &#039;&#039;&#039;First thing you will need to do is add the following line to your O...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>== &#039;&#039;&#039;This page is dedicated to explaining how to automate oar backup via cron task in linux&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt; ==<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;First thing you will need to do is add the following line to your OpenSim.ini in the [Startup] section&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt; <br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; timer_Script = &quot;backup.txt&quot;&lt;br&gt; <br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> &lt;br&gt; <br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;for this example we will put these scripts in the following location:&#039;&#039;&#039; <br /> <br /> /home/user/bin <br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;and backups will go into:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt; <br /> <br /> /home/user/backups&lt;br&gt; <br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;and opensim will reside in:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt; <br /> <br /> /home/user/opensim/bin&lt;br&gt; <br /> <br /> &lt;br&gt; <br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;next you will need to create the scripts that cron task will run and the files that these scripts will copy over&#039;&#039;&#039; <br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> the following files go in /home/user/bin <br /> <br /> oarbackup_on.sh <br /> <br /> oarbackup_off.sh <br /> <br /> backup_on.txt <br /> <br /> backup_off.txt &lt;br&gt; <br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> &lt;br&gt; <br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;backup_on.txt should have the following on line 1:&#039;&#039;&#039; <br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> save oar /home/user/backups/opensim.oar&lt;br&gt; <br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; <br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;backup_off.txt should remain blank with nothing inside&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt; <br /> <br /> &lt;br&gt; <br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;oarbackup_on.sh should have the following on line 1:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt; <br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> cp backup_on.txt /home/user/opensim/bin/backup.txt&lt;br&gt; <br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> &lt;br&gt; <br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;oarbackup_off.sh should have the following on line 1:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt; <br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> cp backup_off.txt /home/user/opensim/bin/backup.txt&lt;br&gt; <br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;now to setup your cron task run &quot;crontab -e&quot; and add the following 2 lines:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> 0 0 * * * sh /home/user/bin/oarbackup_on.sh&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> 5 0 * * * sh /home/user/bin/oarbackup_off.sh&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> this will run your oar backup at 12:00am every day<br /> <br /> &lt;br&gt;</div>

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