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Old 11-04-2003, 05:59 PM   #1
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Anyway to lock apache log file before I tar the directory?


I am trying to create a backup of all my virtual websites. I made a little shell scrip that will tar all directories within a specified directory. Everything works fine except while I was running the script, somebody accessed one of my websites, which caused tar to crash since it was trying to tar the apache log file that changed right in the middle of the process.

Is there a way i can lock a file until I am done tarring the directory?
 
Old 11-05-2003, 08:41 AM   #2
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/location/to/apache/bin/apachectl stop, ok you might have a few mins down time, but i am sure a few mins is better than if you lose everything and have to spend weeks redo ing all the stuff
 
Old 11-05-2003, 12:51 PM   #3
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stop is not an option. I have about 300 websites running on our main server. This is a production, commercial, enviroment. I am sure I would get a few calls if all of the sudden their sites went down for 10 minutes while I ran the script.

I'll just wait until the middle of the night and hope nobody access the website I am tarring at the exact second I am tarring it.
 
  


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