On 2019 Jan 02 17:09:26, you wrote to Mike Powell:

 TB>> =##=   Ende "backup_mbox01" =##=
 MP>>> This is great!  :)
 TB>> Common practice to backup in the BSD-World.

 TK> I have no rsync daemon installed in OS/2, I'm just running the rsync
client
 TK> from OS/2 batch file:

that what i did, too... threw everything over onto my linux box that has a
much larger drive in it...

i used a script file like this which i fired off as

  shadowsync c d e f g h

yes, it is very much based on 4DOS/4OS2 scripting features... full logging of
the script and rsync's actions with the logs split between each drive
specified on the command line... logs are rotated backing up the last 9 to the
logs/ directory... the latest log is in the same directory where the script is
located... yes, all output is TEE'd so you can see it while it runs and is
logged...

yes, i also broke a cardinal rule by having the password and exclusion files
in my rsync bin/ directory... it was just easier that way...the .pass file
contains just the password used by the script for that one remote machine...
each of the exclusion files are one directory, filename, or wildcard filename
per line... if you need different passwords for different remote rsync
servers, just copy the script to a new name and create the needed matching
.pass and .exclude_* files... matching being to the script's name, of course...

example exclude file: shadowsync.exclude_c
/DMISL/
/SWAP/*.4SW
/SWAPPER.DAT
LOG0001.DAT


==== Begin "shadowsync.cmd"  ====
@echo off
setlocal
set BASE_DIR=d:\os2progs\rsync
set SCR_NAME=%@UPPER[%@NAME[%0]]
set FNAMEBASE=%@LOWER[%SCR_NAME%]
set DD=   JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
if '%1' EQ '' goto help

set RSYNC_PARMS=-hia --no-g --no-o --protocol=30 --progress --stats --delete
--password-file=%BASE_DIR%\bin\%FNAMEBASE%.pass

goto execute

:do_mydate
set DY=%_DOW %_DAY %@SUBSTR[%DD,%@EVAL[%_MONTH * 3],3] %_YEAR
iff '%MYFLAG' eq '' then
  set MYDATE=  %@FORMAT[02.2,%_DAY]-%@SUBSTR[%DD,%@EVAL[%_MONTH*3],3]-%_YEAR
%_TIME %SCR_NAME.CMD:
else
  set MYDATE=%MYFLAG %@FORMAT[02.2,%_DAY]-%@SUBSTR[%DD,%@EVAL[%_
ONTH*3],3]-%_YEAR %_TIME %SCR_NAME.CMD:
endiff
return

:execute

rem check our parameter is within the allowed range
if %@LOWER['%1'] NE 'c' .and. %@LOWER['%1'] NE 'd' .and. %@LOWER['%1'] NE 'e'
.and. %@LOWER['%1'] NE 'f' .and. %@LOWER['%1'] NE 'g' .and. %@LOWER['%1'] NE
'h' goto help1
rem get our parameter and set the log file name
set PARM1=%@LOWER[%1]
set ARCLOG=%BASE_DIR\LOGS\%FNAMEBASE%_%PARM1
set SLOG=%BASE_DIR\%FNAMEBASE%_%PARM1
set SLOGS=TEE /A %SLOG%.log

pushd %BASE_DIR

iff exist %ARCLOG%9.log then
  echo Delete existing %ARCLOG%9.log
  del /y /q %ARCLOG%9.log
endiff
for %Z in (8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1) do (
  iff exist %ARCLOG%%%Z.log then
    echo Renaming %ARCLOG%%%Z.log to %ARCLOG%%@EVAL[%Z+1].log
    ren /q %ARCLOG%%%Z.log %ARCLOG%%@EVAL[%Z+1].log
  endiff
)
iff exist %SLOG%.log then
  echo Renaming %SLOG%.log to %ARCLOG%1.log
  ren /q %SLOG%.log %ARCLOG%1.log
endiff

echo. 2>&1 | %SLOGS
gosub do_mydate
echo %MYDATE [051] process executing 2>&1 | %SLOGS
gosub do_mydate
echo %MYDATE [053] PARM1 is '%PARM1' 2>&1 | %SLOGS
gosub do_mydate
echo %MYDATE [055] SLOG is '%SLOG' 2>&1 | %SLOGS
gosub do_mydate
echo %MYDATE [060] rsync version 2>&1 | %SLOGS
echo -----------------------------------------------------------
------------------
bin\rsync --version 2>&1 | %SLOGS
echo -----------------------------------------------------------
------------------
echo. 2>&1 | %SLOGS
timer 2>&1 | %SLOGS
echo. 2>&1 | %SLOGS
set RSYNCCMD=bin\rsync %RSYNC_PARMS --exclude-from=%BASE_DIR\bin
%FNAMEBASE.exclude_%PARM1 %PARM1:/ USER@MACHINE::REMOTE_DIR/%PARM1
gosub do_mydate
echo %MYDATE [069] ********** working on %PARM1 ********** 2>&1 | %SLOGS
gosub do_mydate
echo %MYDATE [071] %RSYNCCMD 2>&1 | %SLOGS
echo. 2>&1 | %SLOGS
rem goto jump
%RSYNCCMD 2>&1 | %SLOGS

:jump
echo. 2>&1 | %SLOGS
gosub do_mydate
echo %MYDATE [079] ********** work on %PARM1 is done ********** 2>&1 | %SLOGS
echo. 2>&1 | %SLOGS
timer 2>&1 | %SLOGS
echo. 2>&1 | %SLOGS
echo %MYDATE [083] ********** process complete ********** 2>&1 | %SLOGS

popd
shift
if '%1' NE '' goto execute
goto end

:help1
echo.
echo parameter '%1' is invalid...

:help
echo.
echo you must specify the drive or drives to work on...
echo.
echo eg: %SCR_NAME c d e
echo.
goto end

:end
endlocal

==== End "shadowsync.cmd" ====


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