-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 12/05/07 10:12, Michael Pobega wrote: > On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 08:29:03PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: [snip] >> Plain old "date"? No. I prefer `date +%y%m%d.%H%M`. > > > I'm trying to write a shell script to use tar for backups, but I want to > know; Which directories are nessecary to backup with tar and which > aren't? Obviously /bin, /usr, /home, /boot, /lib, /srv (Where I keep > all of my chroots) and /etc are, but are any of the other directories > mandatory to backup? Or are any of these directories fruitless to > backup?
Did you get the script I attached to the email you replied to? It works like a champ for me. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "Your mistletoe is no match for my TOW missile." Santa-bot -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHVxZQS9HxQb37XmcRAnSkAJ92DXWrELpiznMxhEGaoM+Z/MOnIACfdN5k 1GipiB7IqHMpOqI4gSZufCI= =c+C4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]