10-22-2011
tarball of current directory
I wanna make a backup tarball. I wanna write a script that makes tarball of the current directory.
There are lots of files so I cant type all files, I wanna make the tarball by excluding few files.
Like there 1000 files in a directory I wanna create a tarball containing 98 files of that directory.
for eg -
tar -cvzf backup.tgz ..........................
then i am stuck
what should i do next?
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LVMDUMP(8) System Manager's Manual LVMDUMP(8)
NAME
lvmdump - create lvm2 information dumps for diagnostic purposes
SYNOPSIS
lvmdump [options] [-d directory]
DESCRIPTION
lvmdump is a tool to dump various information concerning LVM2. By default, it creates a tarball suitable for submission along with a prob-
lem report.
The content of the tarball is as follows:
- dmsetup info
- table of currently running processes
- recent entries from /var/log/messages (containing system messages)
- complete lvm configuration and cache
- list of device nodes present under /dev
- if enabled with -m, metadata dump will be also included
- if enabled with -a, debug output of vgscan, pvscan and list of all available volume groups, physical volumes and logical volumes will be
included
- if enabled with -c, cluster status info
OPTIONS
-h -- print help message
-a -- advanced collection
WARNING: if lvm is already hung, then this script may hang as well if -a is used
-m -- gather LVM metadata from the PVs
This option generates a 1:1 dump of the metadata area from all PVs visible to the system, which can cause the dump to increase in
size considerably. However, the metadata dump may represent a valuable diagnostic resource.
-d directory -- dump into a directory instead of tarball
By default, lvmdump will produce a single compressed tarball containing all the information. Using this option, it can be instructed
to only produce the raw dump tree, rooted in directory.
-c -- if clvmd is running, gather cluster data as well
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
LVM_BINARY
The LVM2 binary to use. Defaults to "lvm". Sometimes you might need to set this to "/sbin/lvm.static", for example.
DMSETUP_BINARY
The dmsetup binary to use. Defaults to "dmsetup".
Red Hat, Inc. LVM TOOLS 2.02.67(2) (2010-06-04) LVMDUMP(8)