On Wednesday 23 Jul 2003 10:14, Christian Aust wrote: > Finne Boonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Wed, 23 Jul 2003 11:09:25 +0200 (MET DST): > > just wonderign, wouldn't tar.bz files not keep your attributes? > > Hmm, haven't thought of that. How would I easily tar everything > except /proc, /dev and /mnt, and send it through bzip2? Regards, > > - Christian > tar -cpvvzf <backup_file.tar.gz> / --exclude /proc --exclude /dev or rsync -av --exclude /proc --exclude /dev / <dir_containing_backup>/
I wouldn't exclude /dev though. Peter -- ================================================== Gentoo Linux: Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.7 kernel-2.4.22_pre2-gss i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1600+ ================================================== -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
