2005/11/4, Richard Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > # tar -zcvf /backup/mylaptop.tar /[all directories] except /backup (as I > don't want to go in circles). > > I'm then going to copy off the resulting tarball to my server in case my > laptop dies (I'd rather not have to recompile everything). Does this > sound OK?If I ever had to restore I would copy the file to / and run the > command. > > # tar -zxvf mylaptop.tar
tar cjpf /path/to/save/at/stage4.tar.bz2 / --exclude=stage4.tar.bz2 --exclude=/backup please make sure use the p paramters,it is keep the property of backup files -- /**************************************** * Love in Gentoo-Linux C and Python * * Look at my blog * * http://poorc.wordpress.com * ****************************************/ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
