On Sonntag, 30. September 2007, Grant wrote: > > > Do you back up anything other than /etc and /home on a standard system? > > > > > > - Grant > > > > /var because with /var gone its complete-reinstall time. > > Do you back up hidden files and directories in the home directory?
yes, they contain settings, pw, all the juicy stuff. I tar everything onto tape. tar -c -b 128 /home/energyman | mbuffer -m 400M -p 95 -s 65536 > /dev/st0 > There seems to be a lot of junk in there. Does something like > '--exclude "/home/user/.*"' work with tar? don't know, never tried. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
