Or maybe bind / to a subdir and tar from it. It's like --one-filesystem but it works always (for me).
2005/11/4, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 14:29:17 +0100, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > > > you need to --exclude /proc, or you'll run into problems. > > You should exclude /sys, /dev/, /tmp and /var/run > > And /sys and much of /mnt or /media. It's probably best to use the > --one-filesystem option and specify the directories you do want > > tar --one-filesystem -czf /backup/name.tar.gz / /home /any/other/partition/ > > > -- > Neil Bothwick > > "I'm Not Sure If I'm Homosexual", Said Tom, Half In Earnest. > > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
