Robert wrote: > 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. > At the very end of info tar, it talks a LITTLE bit about -- exclude PATTERN. I guess you have to know what pattern means. So should I be using entries like: --exclude '/home' ?