On Thursday 12 June 2008 22:41:24 Allie Daneman wrote: > So I just want to tar up the whole box (small server)...can I just do this: > tar -zcvpf /archive/full-backup-`date '+%d-%B-%Y'`.tar.gz \ > --directory / --exclude=mnt --exclude=proc --exclude=dev --exclude=sys > . > > Sorry if this a dumb question...I'm a Linux newb coming from BSD's ;) I'm not an expert but you should be able to do that :) -- Blog: damnshock.blogspot.com Fotolog: www.fotolog.com/damnshock
