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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Using tar to backup my system
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 14:32:01
Message-Id: 20051104135033.77913779@hactar.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Using tar to backup my system by "Hemmann
1 On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 14:29:17 +0100, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote:
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3 > you need to --exclude /proc, or you'll run into problems.
4 > You should exclude /sys, /dev/, /tmp and /var/run
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6 And /sys and much of /mnt or /media. It's probably best to use the
7 --one-filesystem option and specify the directories you do want
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9 tar --one-filesystem -czf /backup/name.tar.gz / /home /any/other/partition/
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13 Neil Bothwick
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