on Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 08:26:48AM +0100, <anonymous> wrote:
> (private reply)
Respondee redacted, response to list.
>
> On Tue, 16 Jan 2001 13:51:36 PST, kmself@ix.netcom.com writes:
> > http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/backups.html
>
> I´d slightly extend your script and think that that may be good to
> include, for people not very familiar with the tools used:
>
> -----
> backupdirs="/bin /boot /etc /initrd /lib /opt /root /sbin /usr /var"
^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^
See the referenced document as to why it may be unnecessary (and perhaps
unwise) to archive system directories which can readily be restored from
installation media or via apt-get.
> excludirs="/var/cache/apt/ /var/log/ /var/tmp/ /var/run/ \
> /home/waldner/pics"
> cat /dev/null >/tmp/backup.exclude
>
> # build list of files to exclude
>
> for path in $excludirs
> do
> echo "Building list of files to exclude for " -n
> find $path 1>>/tmp/backup.exclude || exit 1
> echo "done."
> sleep 2
> done
>
> echo "Exclude-List built."
> echo " "
>
> for path in $backupdirs
> do
> echo "System backup on $path " -n
> tar -X /tmp/backup.exclude cIvf /dev/nst0 $path \
> 1>>/tmp/backup.log || exit 1
> echo "done."
> sleep 2
> done
> -----
Yes, you can use find for backups. I find (pun noted) my own mechanisms
sufficient. 'find' may produce problems with filenames containing
embedded blanks, haven't checked this myself. You may wish to
investigate.
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