Re: [LUG] Help: Script to backup /home to DVD

[Grant Sewell <dclug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Please bear in mind that I do not have DVDR/W drive, and as such I have never used 
the DVDTools.

On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 01:10:25 +0100
Keith Abraham <keith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> [snip]
>
> DATE=$(date +%d-%m-%Y)

Just an observation: Many people choose to use the format YYYY-MM-DD instead, 
especially if there's going to be more than one file with a similar name.  This way 
all the files are listed in a sensible order.

> # Erase old DVD disk
> echo Erasing DVD in preparation for backup
> /usr/local/bin/dvd+rw-format -force /media/dvdrecorder

This is my main question:  Here you have told the dvdrwformat programme to use the 
dvd's _mountpoint_ instead of the _device name_.  Is this the way it works?  Should 
the line read: /usr/local/bin/dvd+rw-format -force /dev/hdd (presuming /dev/hdd is 
your DVDRW drive)?

> # Burn
> echo Burning backup
> growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /media/dvdrecorder -r $BACKUP_FILE

Same question here.

Grant.
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