Short exmp
make directory backup
under it put a file exclude.txt which will include all the directory to
exclude
(example next line)
dev
mnt
backup
proc
and then use the -X to use the exclude.txt file
tar cvz -X /backup/exclude.txt -f /backup/xxx.tar.gz" /
Aviram Jenik wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Stupid check-and-the-egg question.
> I want to back up my entire hard-drive to a tgz file using tar. How can I do
> this, without adding the tar to the tar?!
>
> Thanks.
>
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>
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