[Gllug] tar.gz

[Tom Gilbert]

* Jackson, Harry (HJackson at colt-telecom.com) wrote:
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tom Gilbert [mailto:tom at linuxbrit.co.uk]
> > 
> > You most certainly can copy files that are in use :)
> > 
> > Use tar or cp -a to make sure you don't have problems with file
> > permissions/ownerships etc.
> 
> I tried to run the following as root. If this worked it would be more than
> sufficient for what I want. There is not an awful lot of stuff on the Debian
> box but its the closest thing I have ever had to a decent set-up so I want
> to keep it. No doubt someone will find a flaw in the following.
> 
> $tar czvf /backup.tar.gz /

Because backing up /dev, /proc, /mnt and /tmp is silly. I also find it a
complete waste of backup media to back up /usr when debian knows where
to get and replace all that from it's package status db.

It's you call, of course :)

Oh something I forgot from my previous list, /boot. I keep my .configs
from each kernel and all the images and stuff in there. Again, no point
backing up /usr/src/linux when it can be regenerated from the .config.

Tom.
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