Howto move a 13GB filesystem on80GB into a 20GB

[John Van Ostrand]

On Fri, 2006-05-12 at 13:27 -0400, Robert Brockway wrote:

> For tar it is worth using -X.  Eg:
> 
> tar -X /tmp/exclude.file -cf alldata.tar /
> 
> /tmp/exclude.file should include, as a minimum:
> 
> /cdrom
> /floppy
> /mnt
> /proc
> /tmp
> /var/tmp


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.

e.g.

tar -clf alldata.tar / /usr /var /home

Like Rob said pipes are great:

tar -clf - / /usr /var /home /tmp | ssh root-evScllzyGZOxBppYLAEN5wC/G2K4zDHf at public.gmane.org "tar -xvf
-"

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