On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 07:15:49AM -0400, Haines Brown wrote: > I use cron to do a periodic full backup to an external USB drive that > I've named "mirror". The script used is: > > find / -print | egrep -v "^/media/mirror|^/proc" | cpio -pdmuv > /media/mirror/"$1" 2>&1 | cat -vt > > Since installing Etch, this script has not worked well because it does > not like to backup the /sys directory. Actually, backing up /sys > dangerous). So I'd like to modify the script to block cpio from doing > /sys as it avoids /proc, but not sure how. Help would be appreciated.
That's why I use tar. I have an include file and an exclude file and changing things like this is very easy. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
