Hello Bob, do this for tarring:
#> cd /;tar -c -z -P -V `date` -B -p -f /where_you_want_to_tar/file_to_tar.tar.gz /var/qmail/users /var/qmail/control /var/qmail/alias /home/vpopmail/domains -X Maildir new cur & That´s all, Hope to help from merry old germany ... ----------------- Oliver Etzel Hostmaster www.domainfex.de now Tomcat - Serving > On Thursday 08 Dec 2005 18:15, Nikki Locke wrote: > > wrote: > > > > I am currently backing up /var/qmail/users, /var/qmail/control, > > > > /var/qmail/alias and /home/vpopmail/domains, but excluding the Maildir > > > > > > /var/qmail > > > > > > > directories. Anything else I should add? Anything I can remove (backup > > > > space costs money :-)? > > > > > > You can't be serious... > > > > Why not? The server and a limited amount of space on a backup server comes > > at a fixed price. Additional backup space is extra. > > > > Looking at the directories, /home/vpopmail wastes most of its space in the > > Trash folders, which I see no point in backing up. > > If you don't want to backup actual mail, skip any folder called new/ cur/ or > tmp/ under /home/vpopmail/domains/*. Skipping Maildir/ will also skip the > imap or sqwebmail stuff, probably not what you want. This is pretty easy if > you use rsync which will also minimise bandwidth and preserve permissions > > HTH > -- > ----------------- > Bob Hutchinson > Midwales dot com > ----------------- >