[arch-general] Basic tar backup ?

[Marc Deop i Argemí]

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 :)

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