How do I automagically back up a directory to DVD-RAM
 

I am running a small machine that hosts a directory for several client computers to use as a mapped drive so the client computers can run the application in the directory.

I need a way to backup/copy this directory to a DVD-RAM disk automagically ever night. How would I go about doing this?

tar -cvpf backup.tar directory
mkisofs -R backup.iso "directory containg only backup.tar"
cdrecord -sao -speed=8 backup.iso

DVD-RAM does not need to be burned like a regular CD. Once it is mounted it acts like a slow HDD. I did some reading and think that CRON would be my best bet, I just have to figure out how to use it. I am guessing what I need is something like this...

Mount the drive
CP the directory with auto overwrite switches to the mounted DVD-RAM
Unmount the drive

Would something like this work?

Only one way to find out, give it a go.

Did you try it & did it work? -- It's important to let others know.

Some usefull info

Mondoarchive for Linux

Of course there are other possibilities using 'dd' or tar or cpio or ...