[X-Unix] Rsync, mysqldump and cron job help needed - part3

[John Harrold]

Sometime in August Rad Craig assaulted the keyboard and produced:

| 7.) What is the correct rsync command to do the initial download of  
| the directories I need, with the mysql dump?  Primarily, in my  
| webhost home directory, I will have these mysql dumps, and about 6-8  
| root level directories that I want to download, including their  
| entire directory trees.
| 
| 7a.)  Is there some sort of config file I can built to tell it which  
| files and directories to grab or do I issue a separate rsync command  
| for each file or directory?

Just do a separate rsync.

| 
| 7b.)  How do I tell it to recurse subdirectories under those 6-8 root  
| level directories?

The archive option should to  recursion.
  
| 8.) What is the correct rsync command to do the incrementals each week?

The same command will just transfer the changes.


| 9.)  Lastly, when I'm deleting the dumps, I would like to just use a  
| wildcard so I only have one delete command.  If I name the dumps  
| something like dbdump_dbname_date.sql, whats the best command format  
| to get rid of them?

dbdump_dbname_*.sql ?
  
| Sorry for all the questions, I'm just trying to get it all setup  
| correctly so that I can leave it alone and let it run.  I'm starting  
| to figure it out, if you'd just help me fill in some of the blanks.

be dandy.

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