To Back Up the Calendar Database to a Directory

1. Log in as the owner of the database files (such as icsuser).

2. Use the csbackup utility database command.

   For example, to back up the calendar database to a directory named backupdir:

   csbackup -f database backupdir

3. Verify the correct version of the database was backed up by checking the ics50caldb.conf version file in the backup directory.

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   Note –

   The csbackup utility fails if the target backup directory already exists and you do not specify the -f option. For example, the following command fails if backupdir exists, even if the directory is empty:

   csbackup database backupdir

   Therefore, if you specify a target backup directory that already exists, include the -f option when you run csbackup.

   You can also specify a nonexistent target backup directory and let csbackup create the directory for you.

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