What's a safe/persistent location for scripts ??

[Porterhouse]

Can anyone please explain why I can can no longer find the script and associated files which I've just spent 2 days developing and testing, as root, and which were stored in & off /root.

I've been using putty to write a script, logged in as root, which was actually all done and tested, finito benito. I even had a backup, but not unfortunately a print-out or a remote copy of my script, which is as ironic as it was horrifying to discover, since it was a script to sync (rsync) my main server to my backup server, disk by disk. I can only assume this is due to me bouncing my server to replace a disk, but now my script and a subdirectory which I created in /root for my backups and logs are all missing/vanished.

a) what happened - I need to understand this so I can avoid this EVER happening again.

b) also, where should I store my scripts in future which can be run from cron but are persistent locations.

Thanks

[trurl]

unRAID OS resides completely in RAM. It is unpacked fresh from the flash drive each boot. The only locations that persist are /boot (the flash drive) and whatever disks and user shares you have in /mnt. People usually put scripts on flash since the disks are not mounted unless the array is started.

[Porterhouse]

OK Noted, thanks trurl.

[dmacias]

I created a command line plugin that includes shellinabox, a cli screenshot (shows unRAID stats) and backs up /root on shutdown and reboot. I don't even use shellinabox but do rely on the screenshot and root backup

[MyKroFt]

I put all my perm scripts in /booot/scripts - that way I dont loose them....

 

 

Myk

 

 

[MyKroFt]

I created a command line plugin that includes shellinabox, a cli screenshot (shows unRAID stats) and backs up /root on shutdown and reboot. I don't even use shellinabox but do rely on the screenshot and root backup

 

Share? 

 

Thanks

Myk

 

[dmacias]

I created a command line plugin that includes shellinabox, a cli screenshot (shows unRAID stats) and backs up /root on shutdown and reboot. I don't even use shellinabox but do rely on the screenshot and root backup

 

Share? 

 

Thanks

Myk

It was originally just shellinabox but it's more than that now. http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=42683.0

 

Edit: I use it mostly for /root/.ssh/authorized_keys. That way I don't have to log in to my server and bash history.

 

[MyKroFt]

ok, i have the plugin installed - been using it for months and is great - but whats this cli screenshot thingie?

 

 

Myk

 

 

[dmacias]

ok, i have the plugin installed - been using it for months and is great - but whats this cli screenshot thingie?

 

 

Myk

It's kind of a misnomer. I think it's called screenshot cause people take screenshots of their cli login. But basically I modified the screenfetch script for unRAID. It looks like this which you login to the command line through a terminal program.