Re: backup strategies

[Morgan Terry]

Alvin Oga wrote:
[...]
> i think $cdtemp should be in /tmp or /usr/tmp so that the temporary backup
> files /home/ftp/cdrimage/ROOT$date.tar.gz does not backup also into
> /home/ftp/cdrimage/HOME$date.tar.gz  and a partial copy of itself too ??
[...]
Actually, tar (GNU tar at least) is smart enough to not try to add to
the archive to itself.  `man tar` or `info tar` for details...
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Morgan Terry
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