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> # tar -zcvf /backup/mylaptop.tar /[all directories] except /backup (as I |
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> don't want to go in circles). |
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You're going to want to exclude portions of /var, /dev, /proc & /sys, /tmp, |
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... You're also going to want to dig deeper into command line options to |
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preserve ownership, links rather than hard files, etc. |
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> # tar -zxvf mylaptop.tar |
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Ah, -z isn't needed because mylaptop.tar is not compressed. The other |
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larger problem is that it overwrites all files, regardless of whether they |
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have been updated or not. |
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I guess really what I'm saying is no, it is not a good idea. There's plenty |
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of other backup solutions out there that would work better than this scheme. |
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If you have a server and space for the file, rsync would even be a better |
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solution. |
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