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Re: Preferred Backup Method?



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On 12/05/07 10:12, Michael Pobega wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 08:29:03PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
[snip]
>> Plain old "date"?  No.  I prefer `date +%y%m%d.%H%M`.
> 
> 
> I'm trying to write a shell script to use tar for backups, but I want to
> know; Which directories are nessecary to backup with tar and which
> aren't? Obviously /bin, /usr, /home, /boot, /lib, /srv (Where I keep
> all of my chroots) and /etc are, but are any of the other directories
> mandatory to backup? Or are any of these directories fruitless to
> backup?

Did you get the script I attached to the email you replied to?  It
works like a champ for me.

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

"Your mistletoe is no match for my TOW missile."  Santa-bot
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