> On Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 07:25:40AM +0000, Jim Breton wrote: > > I can't say whether anything has changed at any point; but, I think you > > want to use something like the following: > > > > cd / && tar Sczvf /syjet/debmain.tgz --exclude tmp --exclude proc > > --exclude syjet > > > Whoops, I forgot the "." > > cd / && tar Sczvf /syjet/debmain.tgz . --exclude tmp --exclude proc > --exclude syjet > > Sorry.
Hi, Jim, Thanks for the reply. :) Unfortunately, this isn't as effective as the way I used to do it, as it doesn't create the empty directories /tmp & /proc in the archive. Therefore, I would have to manually create those directories after restoring. This is compounded by the fact that I actually have several such directories where I want the directory saved just not what's in it: /win, /extra, /zip, /doma, and /angedon. Some are local filesystems and some are NFS. I didn't include them originally for brevity's sake. What I'd really like is to be able to just execute the same command that I used to. Can I just use an older version of tar? Cheers.......................... Matthew Thompson http://mattyt.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oz.net/~mattyt --Someday, I'll have a web page.--