Or you can use --exclude to specify directories/files not to be backed up.... Tom Callahan -----Original Message----- From: linux-admin-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-admin-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of jason Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 11:45 AM To: Luca Ferrari Cc: linux-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: tar & samba file systems --one-file-system and then just specify the mounts that you want to backup. ala /boot / /home -- Jason The place where you made your stand never mattered, only that you were there... and still on your feet On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, Luca Ferrari wrote: > Hi, > I've got a few samba shares mounted on a directory tree that I backup with > tar. I'd like my backups does not include the samba shares, that is backups > include files of the local file system only, but even with the -l option tar > is exploring the samba shares, increasing backup time. Any suggestion? > > Thanks, > Luca > - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
