I'm now using this script to do a strategy #1 backup of my citadel server as a cron job.

It assumes you have a /root/backups/ directory and works on Ubuntu 8.10 Server with Citadel installed using "Easy Install"...

Basically, it shuts down citadel, waits for a bit for the service to complete shutting down, tars the citadel files to the selected location and restarts teh citadel service.

Enjoy.


#!/bin/sh
# Fear of Mice's Backup for Citadel
# http://www.fearofmice.co.uk/blog

CITADEL_DIR=/usr/local/citadel
TIMESTAMP=`date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S`;
echo $TIMESTAMP


echo -n "Stopping Citadel... "
if $CITADEL_DIR/sendcommand DOWN >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
sleep 10
echo "ok"
rm -f /usr/local/citadel/citadel.pid 2>/dev/null
echo "backing up..."
tar -cvf /root/backups/citadel_$TIMESTAMP.tar /etc/init.d/citadel /etc/init.d/webcit /usr/local/citadel/ > /root/backups/citadel_$TIMESTAMP.log
sleep 5
echo "backed up"
echo -n "Starting Citadel... "
if $CITADEL_DIR/citserver -d -h$CITADEL_DIR
then
echo "ok"
else
echo "Starting Citadel failed"
fi
else
echo "Stopping Citadel failed"
fi