Hi, about three months ago I wrote some related thoughts in article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Four weeks ago I got the first and only reply to it - must be because of the quality and my good english. :-)
But hey, I don't give up, so here is an extract of my thoughts *again*, still untested, but it may be a point to start: # Backing up config files: cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.conffiles | xargs tar czf /backup/config.tgz # Backing up all files *not* included in debian packages: cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list | sort >/tmp/tmplist.debian find / -xdev -type f | sort >/tmp/tmplist.reallife comm -13 /tmp/tmplist.debian /tmp/tmplist.reallife | \ xargs tar czf /backup/additions.tgz # Backing up all packaged but changed files: cd / cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.md5sums | \ LANG=en_US md5sum -c 2>&1 | cut -d\' -f2 | \ xargs tar czf /backup/changed.tgz [x] ulf -- "I heard if you play the Windows-XP-CD backwards, you get a satanic message." "That's nothing, if you play it forward, it installs Windows XP" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]