Hi everyone, i'm trying to back up an old suse box so that i can clear it off and install debian. anyway, i want to tar up basically everything (except for the obvious stuff like proc, /tmp/, /dev, etc.) so i've made an excludes file:
$ cat /tmp/excludes /tmp/* /dev/* *oldstuff* /proc /var/tmp/* /home/suse then i'm using this command to tar it up: $ tar cv -X /tmp/excludes -p --atime-preserve * -- | netcat 10.1.22.39 80 but all the directories in my excludes file are still being backed up! where am i going wrong? Thanks, Cameron Matheson __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Find restaurants, movies, travel and more fun for the weekend. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/weekend.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]