-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > 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.
That's why I use rsync. I have an include file and an exclude file and changing things like this is very easy. Besides it is faster and more flexible than tar. YNMV, Johannes -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGZBePC1NzPRl9qEURAnS0AJ0Zn38KqQq1bENJed7T2hBjxRKbngCfY9w3 l8i2cpAf1XZkhM1o3VcBWCw= =fnka -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
