Fully restored from tar.gz Backup?

KrzysieQ · 08-15-2009, 07:17 AM

Hi, I make backup of my System using tar:

Code:

tar cvpPfz /magazyn/Backup/`date +%m-%d-%Y-%H-%M`.tar.gz --exclude={"/home/*","/media/*","/mnt/*","/proc/*","/sys/*","/tmp/*","/var/run/*","/var/tmp/*","/root/*","/magazyn/*","/usr/src/*"} /

I can restore that backup any time, but files which was created after last backup will remain. Is it any way to remove that files in a simple way?

watcher69b · 08-16-2009, 04:41 PM

I think tar maybe a bit too simple for that. Have you tried something like Mondo Archive?

::: · 08-16-2009, 07:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by watcher69b

I think tar maybe a bit too simple for that. Have you tried something like Mondo Archive?

what? so you are simple just because you're someone one can get good along with?

Code:

Is it any way to remove that files in a simple way?

there's a --diff option. use this to find the files which are not in the backup. filter the !--exclude and then rm them

. it's brute force and i think there is a more elegant way to do this but as i used to say: when you hit, hit hard

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