Shell Scripts -Questions

[Gorisan]

Originally Posted by jtk

Hmm... May I ask why? Are you trying to set up unattended backups? If so, there is a way to tell the system not to unmount volumes when you log out.

Thank you for the information you have provided

Myself, I will not need to use such a script. However for my wifes machine I will be running such a setup as to be as automatic as possible. Sort of set it and forget it type thing. If I have the Firewire Drives mounted all the time then the units will power up and down at the will of the Energy Saving Utility,
Im hoping to bypass such cycles by having the Drive (partitions) unmounted.

Therefore only power up just before a backup occurs, then unmount (power down) after-words.

(Hoping this is in the realm of there are no dumb questions)

again thanks for information provided.
At this point I am still tinkering to get what I need/want in the way of a backup scheme. I must say I do like SuperDuper so far

[dnanian]

One small thing to note: SuperDuper! does this completely automatically with scheduled backups. If the drive isn't mounted we mount it, copy and unmount...

[Gorisan]

...weird I could have sworn I posted a reply already.

Anyhow Indeed SuperDuper does do that however I have tried again and I notice it does not seem to work for backing up in sparse image mode.

at least for me

[Gorisan]

Ok, Figured it out.

You can run a backup, then create a disk image of said backup.
Running in a schedule mode, I can mount/unmount seamlessly.

Not exactly what I was trying to do in the first place, but its more than good enough.

Thank you all for your patience
I will now go enjoy SuperDuper.

Great Software!
Gorisan