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On Sonntag, 30. September 2007, Grant wrote: |
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> > > Do you back up anything other than /etc and /home on a standard system? |
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> > > |
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> > > - Grant |
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> > /var because with /var gone its complete-reinstall time. |
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> Do you back up hidden files and directories in the home directory? |
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yes, they contain settings, pw, all the juicy stuff. I tar everything onto |
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tape. |
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tar -c -b 128 /home/energyman | mbuffer -m 400M -p 95 -s 65536 > /dev/st0 |
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> There seems to be a lot of junk in there. Does something like |
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> '--exclude "/home/user/.*"' work with tar? |
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don't know, never tried. |
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