Hi, Maybe the following script will help you: http://webdev.zopeonarope.com/ch16/listings.html 01 #!/bin/sh 02 ######################################## 03 # File: /etc/cron.daily/zbackup.cron 04 # 05 # Backup Zope Database Daily 06 ######################################## 07 # 08 # rsync arguments: 09 # -q ::= Quiet operation, for cron logs 10 # -u ::= Update only, don't overwrite newer files 11 # -t ::= Preserve file timestamps 12 # -p ::= Preserve file permissions 13 # -o ::= Preserve file owner 14 # -g ::= Preserve file group 15 # -z ::= Compress during transfer 16 # -e ssh ::= Use the ssh utility to secure the link 17 # 18 ARCHTOP="/home/steve/archive/zope/" 19 CRONDIR="/home/steve/crons" 20 DOW=`date +%A` 21 ARCHDIR="${ARCHTOP}${DOW}" 22 RSYNC="/usr/local/bin/rsync" 23 ZCLIENT="/usr/local/bin/python /usr/local/etc/Zope2/lib/python/ZPublisher/Client.py" 24 . ${CRONDIR}/auth.conf 25 26 # 27 # Insure Our Day-of-Week Directory Exists 28 [ -d ${ARCHDIR} ] || mkdir ${ARCHDIR} || { 29 echo "Could Not Create Day-of-Week Directory: ${ARCHDIR}" ; exit 1 30 } 31 32 33 THISZOPE="Zope2" 34 THISZOPEDIR="/usr/local/etc/${THISZOPE}" 35 THISARCHDIR="${ARCHDIR}/${THISZOPE}" 36 37 [ -d ${THISARCHDIR} ] || mkdir ${THISARCHDIR} || { 38 echo "Could Not Create Zope Directory: ${THISARCHDIR}" ; exit 1 39 } 40 41 . ${THISZOPEDIR}/zope.conf 42 43 THISZPORT=$(($ZPORT + 80)) 44 45 # 46 ${RSYNC} -q -u -t -p -o -g ${THISZOPEDIR}/var/Data.fs ${THISARCHDIR} 47 # 48 # 49 # pack database... 50 # 51 # 52 ${ZCLIENT} -u ${ZAUTH} http://localhost:${THISZPORT}/Control_Panel/manage_pack days:float=0 53 # At 03:27 PM 2/10/2003 +0100, you wrote:

Hi,

My apologies if this is a FAQ, I asked Google first but found nothing satisfactory.

I would like to execute a cron job to regularly pack the ZODB. As I don't want to use ZEO, I plan to use wget for this. Are there other alternatives I missed ?

Besides, I wonder if it is safe to do pack the ZODB while zope is running.

-- Nicolas Romero, adp3i <http://www.adp3i.fr>

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