RTadmin, user menu

Generic menu for any user, where we do not have a role specific menu.

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        1  Media menu.
        2  Print services.
        3  Mail menu.
        6  fred's programme menu.
        7  fred's backup menu.
        8  print last page of fred's backup log.
        Q  Quit.


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The first 3 options are common across, all users.

Customizable options

program menu

Unique to each users, generated from the configuration file $HOME/.programs.menu. This is a stanza format file.

Example


rr:
        title   =       Roadrunner
        command =       rr

rrstop:
        title   =       Stop my Roadrunner processes
        command =       RRstopProc

pay:
        title   =       payroll
        command =       bp01

Options

The following options are recognised.

title	Compulsory	Descriptive line for menu	1993
command	Compulsory	Command for the shell to run	1993
cd	Optional	Switch to designated directory before running the command	1993
group	Obsolete

backup menu

Unique to each users, generated from the configuration file $HOME/.backups.menu.

Same format as the program menu. Intended for backup options for users private programs.

Options

The following options are recognised.

title	Compulsory	Descriptive line for menu	1993
cd	Optional	Switch to designated directory, use before find to backup using relative path names.	1993
find	Compulsory	Path to run find against	1993
media	Compulsory	tape\|diskette	1993
method	Compulsory?	(cpio\|tar)	1993
method	Compulsory?	(xclone\|xclonet) AIX only	1999

Note media option diskette is not supported on linux. Code will allways look for a tape device. As UDEV functionality in Linux matures, this may change on a future release.

Note methods xclone, and xclonet are AIX only.

Example


home:
        title   =       Backup home directory
        cd      =       /home/fred
        find    =       .
        media   =       tape
        method  =       cpio

pay:
        title   =       Backup payroll
        cd      =       /usr/share/bonus
        find    =       .
        media   =       tape
        method  =       cpio

print $LOGNAME's backup log

$HOME/.backups.log