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On Fri, 2006-05-12 at 13:27 -0400, Robert Brockway wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">For tar it is worth using -X. Eg:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">tar -X /tmp/exclude.file -cf alldata.tar /</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">/tmp/exclude.file should include, as a minimum:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">/cdrom</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">/floppy</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">/mnt</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">/proc</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">/tmp</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">/var/tmp</FONT>
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I always recommend that you use the -l (dash ell) a.k.a. --one-file-system. Then specify all the file systems that you want backed up on the command line. This is usually simpler than exclusions. I use exclusions to remove big files or dirs that I want to get rid of.<BR>
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tar -clf alldata.tar / /usr /var /home<BR>
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Like Rob said pipes are great:<BR>
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tar -clf - / /usr /var /home /tmp | ssh <A HREF="mailto:root-evScllzyGZN2sXPJmJwuAQ@public.gmane.orgm.com">root-evScllzyGZOxBppYLAEN5wC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org</A> "tar -xvf -"<BR>
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