On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 07:13:59PM -0600, Morgan Terry wrote: > Alvin Oga wrote: > [...] > > i think $cdtemp should be in /tmp or /usr/tmp so that the temporary backup > > files /home/ftp/cdrimage/ROOT$date.tar.gz does not backup also into > > /home/ftp/cdrimage/HOME$date.tar.gz and a partial copy of itself too ?? > [...] > Actually, tar (GNU tar at least) is smart enough to not try to add to > the archive to itself. `man tar` or `info tar` for details... True and good. But I should say I am smart enough not to risk myself to test it at my system. /usr and /usr/local /home/ftp are in separate partition and -l shall exclude them in my system. That's why my back up is few MB only. ( So use these script after reading it. It is not fool proof.) I think back up /usr/local may be good idea since that is not controled by debian dpkg. -- ~\^o^/~~~ ~\^.^/~~~ ~\^*^/~~~ ~\^_^/~~~ ~\^+^/~~~ ~\^:^/~~~ ~\^v^/~~~ + Osamu Aoki <debian@aokiconsulting.com>, GnuPG-key: 1024D/D5DE453D + + My debian quick-reference, http://www.aokiconsulting.com/quick/ +
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