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From: capsel <capsel@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Using tar to backup my system
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 16:10:54
Message-Id: d03887390511040802r5a9c829at@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Using tar to backup my system by Neil Bothwick
1 Or maybe bind / to a subdir and tar from it. It's like
2 --one-filesystem but it works always (for me).
3
4 2005/11/4, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>:
5 > On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 14:29:17 +0100, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote:
6 >
7 > > you need to --exclude /proc, or you'll run into problems.
8 > > You should exclude /sys, /dev/, /tmp and /var/run
9 >
10 > And /sys and much of /mnt or /media. It's probably best to use the
11 > --one-filesystem option and specify the directories you do want
12 >
13 > tar --one-filesystem -czf /backup/name.tar.gz / /home /any/other/partition/
14 >
15 >
16 > --
17 > Neil Bothwick
18 >
19 > "I'm Not Sure If I'm Homosexual", Said Tom, Half In Earnest.
20 >
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Re: [gentoo-user] Using tar to backup my system Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>