Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 17:03:10 -0500 (EST) From: Scott Nolde <scott@smnolde.com> To: Scott Gerhardt <scott@gerhardt-it.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Backup using TAR Message-ID: <20020102170225.J910-100000@bsd.smnolde.com> In-Reply-To: <KPEMLBLEMPMHGLJOCDEGMEDMDGAA.scott@gerhardt-it.com>
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smacked into the keyboard previously by owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG: >Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 14:26:36 -0600 >From: Scott Gerhardt <scott@gerhardt-it.com> >To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> >Subject: Backup using TAR > >I am experimenting with tar as a mechanism to do a full backup of my >system. >I would like to backup the entire system to file which will later be copied >to cd (roughly 450MB). > >Here is the command I'm using: > >tar cpf /usr/archive/full-backup-`date '+%d-%B-%Y'`.tar >--directory / --exclude=/usr/ports --exclude=/mnt >--exclude=/usr/archive --exclude=/proc . > >What other directories should I exclude? >Are there any other recommended parameters? > >I've looked at the tar manpage but it is a little overwhelming. > > > >_________________________________ > >Scott Gerhardt, P.Geo. >Gerhardt Information Technologies > Look at this tutorial I wrote on bsdvault.net: http://bsdvault.net/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=79 Scott Nolde GPG Key 0xD869AB48 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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