On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:32:58 +0100, Guillaume wrote: > Hi list... > > I try to make a script to save my computer. I would like tu use tar to > create a file and then compress it. > I have a directory to save located in a home dir, but inside it a temp dir I > dont want to save. I try the --exclude option of tar to discard this one, > but it don't seem to work. > Someone can help me? > > Can i use in the same way the ' -X option to exlude more than 1 dir? > > tar --acls --append --exclude /home/web/current/temp -vf > /data/save/save.tar /home/web/current/ >> /data/save/sauve.log > > Thanks for your help. > Guillaume > Hi list...<br><br>I try to make a script to save my computer. I would like tu use tar to create a file and then compress it.<br>I have a directory to save located in a home dir, but inside it a temp dir I dont want to save. I try the --exclude option of tar to discard this one, but it don't seem to work. > <br>Someone can help me?<br><br>Can i use in the same way the ' -X option to exlude more than 1 dir?<br><br><span style="font-style: italic;">tar --acls --append --exclude /home/web/current/temp -vf /data/save/save.tar /home/web/current/ >> /data/save/sauve.log > </span><br><br>Thanks for your help.<br>Guillaume Someone already explained how to use exclude with tar, so I won't repeat that. I just want to point out that you may want to try rsync instead of tar. It does incremental updates (i.e. it will only copy the files that have modified since the last update), so it saves A LOT of time and cpu if you have big things to backup. It also has an exclude option just like tar. I use it as a cron job hourly, and it works wonderfully. For instance rsync -av --exclude=".mozilla/firefox/*/Cache" /home/amadeus /backup/home will backup /home/amadeus to /backup/home in archive mode (-a), verbose (-v) and will exclude the mozilla cache directory. Oh, yeah, and you can use it to transfer the files between different machines (using ssh). rsync -av source user@xxxxxxxx:destination
