On Thursday 16 August 2018 12:46:30 cyaiplexys wrote: > On 08/16/2018 11:21 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 11:19:29AM -0400, cyaiplexys wrote: > >> I actually have several accounts which I want to back up but not > >> include all the dot files. It would be too much to go into each > >> account and run a script. I would like to do it from one account. > > > > Then do it from /home. > > > > Or do it from / and use "home" as the starting point. Rather than > > "/home". > > Thank you. This worked like a charm and I didn't have to deal with > those warning messages in tar. Learned something new. :)
Excludes in amanda, which uses tar, are anchored to the directory they are in, so the exludes file looks like: ./name ./.name should also work for the "dot" files -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
