[CentOS] Taring up the OS - how to exclude directories
Robert
kerplop at sbcglobal.net
Fri Sep 8 15:18:49 UTC 2006
Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> From the howto: http://www.faqs.org/docs/securing/chap29sec305.html
>
> I got some ideas to help me to tar up the OS. I had already been
> shown how to wrap it into SSH to deposit the tar file on another
> system, so I tried the following:
>
> tar cpvzf - -C / --exclude home --exclude media --exclude mnt
> --exclude proc --exclude */lost+found | ssh root at 10.0.0.2
> "cat>backup-060907.tgz"
>
> But, whereas the howto is talking about --exclude dealing with files,
> the Centos Man on tar is saying that it applies to files.
>
>
> So what is wrong? I know the SSH stuff is correct as when I put in
> something like ls I get a file with result of the ls. Also I had done
> this without the excludes and of course it died slowing when it got to
> /media/cdrom :(
I recall that before USB2, when tape backup made sense, I used an
"exclude file" rather than doing it on the command line. I also
remember that "/"s most definitely affect the outcome. I believe that if
you'll look at the info pages (not man) for tar, you'll find a few
examples buried in the document that will make the tar part of your
puzzle crystal clear.
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