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On Wed, 2010-04-28 at 23:16 +0200, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: |
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> rsync -aX --delete / /dev/<backup root partition>/ |
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> -a (archive) copies permissions, ownerships and the likes |
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> -X stops at file system boundaries, i.e. it will only backup the actual root |
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> partition, without other mounted file systems such as /proc, /dev and /home. |
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actually, lower case x is --one-file-system or "don't cross filesystem |
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boundaries". Upper case X is --xattrs or "preserve extended attributes" |
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:) |
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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When you don't know what to do, walk fast and look worried. |
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