[X-Unix] Backup script help

[David Ledger]

>From: Charles Howse <chowse at charter.net>
>Hi,
>This is rather long, sorry.
>
>Rather than use a 'third-party' application to do my backups, I have
>written a bash script to backup my important files to another
>computer on my home lan.  Why?  Just because I can.
>
>It's working well, with the exception of a couple of things I would
>like some input on.
>
>First, I'm not satisfied with how I'm verifying that the backup
>volume on the remote server is mounted or not.  Can anyone help make
>that section 'bullet-proof'?
>
>Second, is it enough to just backup ~/Library/Application Support/
>Firefox/, AddressBook/, iCal/, and ~/Library/Mail/, or should I use
>those application's Export/Backup feature to generate the files I
>want to backup?
>
>Here is my script...

The mount and df commands will both tell you what's mounted.

David

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