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Operating Systems Linux Debian Tar backup of debian server Post 302920820 by coolatt on Monday 13th of October 2014 08:25:00 AM
Old 10-13-2014
Debian Tar backup of debian server

Am reading this doc Full Hard-Drive Backup with Linux Tar
on backup.

why do we need the dot at the end ?

Code:
tar -cvpf /backups/fullbackup.tar --directory=/ --exclude=proc
 --exclude=sys --exclude=dev/pts --exclude=backups .

 

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BACKUP-WHATSTHIS(1)						   Chiark-backup					       BACKUP-WHATSTHIS(1)

NAME
backup-whatsthis - read an id off a tape and display it SYNOPSIS
backup-whatsthis [--list [n]] DESCRIPTION
`backup-whatsthis' is a simple script to display the TAPEID of the current tape and optionally list its contents. This script is a bit of a hack and may not be fully reliable. OPTIONS
--list [n] Print TAPEID then list archive n (default 0). Note that archives are numbered from zero. FILES
/etc/chiark-backup/settings.pl Configuration file for the whole of chiark-backup BUGS
`backup-whatsthis' is currently hardwired to assume `cpio' type backups when listing; it could be trivially hardwired to assume `zafio' or with slightly more effort it could be done properly :->. AUTHOR
This Manual page was written by Matthew Vernon <matthew@debian.org> but may be used by anyone. COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1997-1998,2000-2001 Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Copyright (C) 1999 Peter Maydell <pmaydell@chiark.greenend.org.uk> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU- LAR PURPOSE. Debian July 2003 BACKUP-WHATSTHIS(1)
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