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<p>Created page with &quot;Qmail Log Backup Script to backup your qmail log files without increasing the value of logsize and logcount control files by tar.gz-ed to another folder Filename: /etc/cron.daily/backupqmaillog.sh so it can run everyday. #!/bin/bash # # qmaillog backup utility # version 0.1 # pakogah@pala.bo-tak.info # 4 Aug 2007 # this qmaillog backup utility by default will backup # today qmail&#039;s send and smtp log into /home/backuplog # and keep it for the next 7 days # enh...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Qmail Log Backup Script to backup your qmail log files without increasing the value of logsize and logcount control files by tar.gz-ed to another folder<br /> <br /> Filename: /etc/cron.daily/backupqmaillog.sh so it can run everyday.<br /> <br /> #!/bin/bash<br /> #<br /> # qmaillog backup utility<br /> # version 0.1<br /> # pakogah@pala.bo-tak.info<br /> # 4 Aug 2007<br /> # this qmaillog backup utility by default will backup<br /> # today qmail&#039;s send and smtp log into /home/backuplog<br /> # and keep it for the next 7 days<br /> # enhancement are always welcome<br /> <br /> <br /> # where your qmail log folder<br /> # QMAILLOG=/var/log/qmail<br /> QMAILLOG=/var/log/qmail<br /> # what log is going to backup ?<br /> # by default only smtp and send log only<br /> # possible log to backup are:<br /> # LOGS=&quot;authlib clamd imap4 imap4-ssl pop3 pop3-ssl send smtp spamd submission&quot;<br /> LOGS=&quot;send smtp&quot;<br /> # your backup destination<br /> # folder will be created automatically<br /> # BACKUP_DEST=/home/backuplog<br /> BACKUP_DEST=/home/backuplog<br /> # how long you will save the backup<br /> # BACKUP_AGE=7 # days<br /> BACKUP_AGE=7 # days<br /> <br /> # ============================<br /> # process<br /> # ============================<br /> DATE=`date +%Y%m%d`<br /> TMPFILE=/tmp/backuplist<br /> DAILY_AGE=1 # day<br /> DAILY_AGE_MINS=$[ $DAILY_AGE * 60 * 24 ]<br /> BACKUP_AGE_MINS=$[ $BACKUP_AGE * 60 * 24 ]<br /> <br /> for i in $LOGS;<br /> do<br /> mkdir -p $BACKUP_DEST/$i<br /> find $QMAILLOG/$i/* -cmin -$DAILY_AGE_MINS -exec ls -1 {} \; &gt; $TMPFILE<br /> tar czf $BACKUP_DEST/$i/$i-$DATE.tar.gz -T $TMPFILE<br /> rm -f $TMPFILE<br /> find $BACKUP_DEST/$i/*.tar.gz -cmin +$BACKUP_AGE_MINS -exec rm -f {} \;<br /> done<br /> # ============================<br /> <br /> from http://www.mail-archive.com/qmailtoaster-list@qmailtoaster.com/msg14988.html</div>

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