Log in as the owner of the database files (such as icsuser).
Use the csbackup utility database command.
For example, to back up the calendar database to a directory named backupdir:
csbackup -f database backupdir |
Verify the correct version of the database was backed up by checking the ics50caldb.conf version file in the backup directory.
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.