Re: quick and dirty backup

[keitho@strucktower.com]

I found this webpage useful for describing how to use tar for full backups:

http://www.aboutdebian.com/tar-backup.htm

Keith Ostertag


> On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 03:48:07PM +0100, Claudius Hubig wrote:
>> Hey,
>>
>> Bonno Bloksma <b.bloksma@tio.nl> wrote:
>> >       tar -zcf /mnt/backup/linXXX-lenny.tar.gz / --exclude /mnt
>> --exclude /proc --exclude /sys
>> >Is there anything else I need to exclude? Using Lenny with kernel
>> 2.6.26-2-686 it seems my backup is running "forever"
>>
>> I would suggest also excluding /dev, /tmp, /var/tmp and maybe /media,
>> depending upon your needs.
>>
> I'd also exclude lost+found
>
> -Rob
>