Begin3 Title: shak Version: 2.2a Entered-date: 30DEC97 Description: Shak is network transparent client backup executive and tape file/media manager. (A shell program system which positions a tape at eom and runs a user-supplied backup program). Shak creates an interface of defined environment variables which are set according to its index files it keeps for every tape cartridge. Shak does not impose the form of the user backup although includes a Linux client example. Shak supports dump(8) style dump levels and implements cooperative (lock file) locking; and, error monitoring for remote backups with mail and logging notification. Keywords: remote backup tape tapefile Author: jhl@richmond.infi.net (James Lowe, Jr.) Maintained-by: jhl@richmond.infi.net Primary-site: sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/system/Backup 150Kb shak-2.2a.tar.gz Alternate-site: Original-site: Copying-policy: GPL End