Does the gnutar method exclude mount points ?

2005-05-13 Thread Guy Dallaire
If I backup the root (/) disk with the DUMP program, I know it will not backup mounted file systems under /. But if I use GNUTAR ? Is it intelligent enough to skip mounted file systems ? Otherwise, I don't see how I could backup a root file system with gnutar without having to exclude all mounted

Re: Does the gnutar method exclude mount points ?

2005-05-13 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 10:05:54AM -0400, Guy Dallaire wrote: > If I backup the root (/) disk with the DUMP program, I know it will > not backup mounted file systems under /. > > But if I use GNUTAR ? Is it intelligent enough to skip mounted file systems ? > > Otherwise, I don't see how I could b

Re: Does the gnutar method exclude mount points ?

2005-05-13 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Fri, 13 May 2005 at 10:05am, Guy Dallaire wrote > If I backup the root (/) disk with the DUMP program, I know it will > not backup mounted file systems under /. > > But if I use GNUTAR ? Is it intelligent enough to skip mounted file systems ? Yes -- amanda runs tar with the "--one-file-system

Re: Does the gnutar method exclude mount points ?

2005-05-13 Thread Matt Hyclak
On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 10:05:54AM -0400, Guy Dallaire enlightened us: > If I backup the root (/) disk with the DUMP program, I know it will > not backup mounted file systems under /. > > But if I use GNUTAR ? Is it intelligent enough to skip mounted file systems ? > > Otherwise, I don't see how

Re: Does the gnutar method exclude mount points ?

2005-05-13 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Hi, Guy, on Freitag, 13. Mai 2005 at 16:05 you wrote to amanda-users: GD> But if I use GNUTAR ? Is it intelligent enough to skip mounted file systems ? Yes. -- best regards, Stefan Stefan G. Weichinger mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]