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.