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Title: files in /opt/.filetool.lst not backed up during shutdown
Post by: GNUser on July 03, 2019, 02:52:07 PM

I find that the files in tce/mydata.tgz are consistently restored during boot, but never backed up during shutdown. The only way to back them up is to manually run

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$ filetool.sh -b
I'm actually used to this at this point and like it (I'm guaranteed that config files will be identical between reboots unless I change a file and manually run filetool.sh), but I'd like to "troubleshoot" this to understand TCL a little better. Are there any obvious things to check? /opt/shutdown.sh is marked as executable.

Title: Re: files in /opt/.filetool.lst not backed up during shutdown
Post by: GNUser on July 03, 2019, 09:38:17 PM

I'm not using X, am using 'sudo poweroff' and 'sudo reboot'. I guess neither command runs /opt/shutdown.sh. No problem--if I need backup before poweroff or reboot, I'll create a script that calls filetool.sh first.

http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=6031.0
http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=11181.0

Title: Re: files in /opt/.filetool.lst not backed up during shutdown
Post by: Rich on July 03, 2019, 10:02:02 PM

Hi GNUser

Quote from: GNUser on July 03, 2019, 09:38:17 PM

I'm not using X, am using 'sudo poweroff' and 'sudo reboot'. ...

Try:

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exitcheck.sh shutdownor:

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exitcheck.sh reboot

Title: Re: files in /opt/.filetool.lst not backed up during shutdown
Post by: Rich on July 03, 2019, 10:22:57 PM

Hi GNUser
That wasn't quite right. Make a file called  tcexit  for example:

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#!/bin/sh
#
# Usage:
# tcexit poweroff    Runs a backup and then shuts off the computer.
# tcexit reboot      Runs a backup and then reboots the computer.

filetool.sh -b
exitcheck.sh $1
Copy it to your  ~/.local/bin  directory and make it executable. It will automatically be include in your path so you can call it directly as
shown in the  Usage:  paragraph above.

Title: Re: files in /opt/.filetool.lst not backed up during shutdown
Post by: GNUser on July 05, 2019, 08:48:21 AM

Thank you, Rich. Yes, that works.
I have gotten used to no backups unless I explicitly make one, but will keep tcexit around in case I change my mind  :D

Title: Re: files in /opt/.filetool.lst not backed up during shutdown
Post by: Greg Erskine on July 05, 2019, 05:54:05 PM

/opt/shutdown.sh has this comment:

# put user shutdown commands here

So originally it was "probably" intended as the place for additional shutdown commands?