On Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 12:41:22AM +0000, Marshall, Joshua ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> Hi All.
>
> I'm wanting to back up the Mail directories of all the users on my
> server, and leave all their other files for a separate backup. Can I do
> this with tar? And what would the flags be?
>
> The Maildirs are kept in their home directories, along with all their
> working files, so I want to be able to have a backup which stores:
> User1/
> Maildir/
> cur/
> new/
> tmp/
> User2/
> Maildir/
> cur/
> new/
> tmp/
>
> etc...etc...
Hi Joshua,
for the mail dirs its easy, just tell tar the directory to backup eg:
tar /User2 /User1
for the rest you exclude the stuff:
the lot
|
V
tar --exclude FILE_WITH_DIR_EACH_LINE_TO_EXCLUDE /
or:
tar -x /User1
jhs
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