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I am working on a script that will basically tar or gzip or cpio any directories older that say 5 days, this can be written directly to tape, or modified to go to DVD if you are so inclined to edit the script to do so. Then it will run the zmaudit script to clean up the dbase.. just a project I am ...

I too would be interested in "backups" of events/archive. Is there a way to create a tar or zip of files greater than 5 days old, and run this every 5 days ? (IE create a backup consiting of everyting older than 5 days) this could then be backed up to tape or DVD using cron or ftp'd using a script ...