Re: backing up with tar
You are correct about specifying / that doesn't work because it errors on
the /dev files. I will check in to CPIO.
Thank You,
Keith
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> From: Wayne Cuddy <wayne@crb-web.com>
> To: Keith <nfn11988@naples.net>
> Subject: Re: backing up with tar
> Date: Saturday, September 12, 1998 7:22 PM
>
> Have you looked into cpio? CPIO is much more reliable especially if
> there are back areas on the tape. You may want to use this if are
> going to be doing regular backups. Also I do not think tar will
> backup special device files such as the ones in /dev. If you use tar
> you do not want to just specify /. You most likely want to exclude
> /dev, /proc and maybe /tmp. If you have any nfs mounted drives you
> may want to exclude them also.
>
> On Sat, 12 Sep 1998, Keith wrote:
>
> > Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 19:14:20 -0400
> > From: Keith <nfn11988@naples.net>
> > To: DEBIAN-USER@lists.debian.org
> > Subject: backing up with tar
> > Resent-Date: 12 Sep 1998 23:19:54 -0000
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> > I would like to know if I am backing up my system correctly. I am using
the
> > following command to backup with tar.
> >
> > tar -creat -file /dev/st0 /
> >
> > Then a compare with
> >
> > tar -compare -v -f /dev/st0
> >
> > Is this the best way to use tar for backing up to a tape drive.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Keith
> >
> >
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> Wayne Cuddy
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