Hi,

how we can use Dump in crontab for backing up directory, I have done the following configuration in crontab to accomplish this.

00 01 * * * /sbin/dump -0 f /backup/abc.bkp /home

This command run but the dump return the error
"dumping /home (an unlisted file system to backup.bkp"
"cannot open /home "
"the entire dump is aborted"

I want to backup this directory on the / path and no tape drive is used, also want to set incremental backup of my home directory. How we will do that let say on Saturday full backup is perform and than from Monday to Friday incremental backup is performed using crontab.

Regards

Furqan Ahmed

only root can backup /home.
so, you'll have to have elevated privileges, or stick the cron job in root's cron.

Who is running this cron job?

Does this command run correctly when you type it in the interactive shell?
Have you compared the command invocation with the man page?
Edit: Use the -v option for more information.

hi,

yes this command is working fine when we run it from shell.

Regards

Furqan ahmed

Does the dump command works if you only specify the dumpfile name?

yes it is work fine when we specified the dump file name. but nor working in crontab

Regards

furqan ahmed

Is this the crontab for root?
If yes, wrap the dump command in a shell script that checks access to /home.
If not, run it as root.
If there is no solution, perhaps it's related to SElinux?

hi,

This crontab is run by user root, I will check this by using script.

regards

furqan ahmed