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I have a server that holds alot of important data, but is also used for people to dump files on.
I have a weekly backup that runs on the server and backs the share up to a tar file on a seperate drive. Because of the not so important stuff people are uploading, it is filling the drive.
Is there a way I can specify which folders to add to the tar directory? I really don't want to have to back up 30 or 40 folders one by one.
There's also an --exclude option and --exclude-from <file> where <file> would have a list of directories to exclude. This assumes you're using GNU tar.
With the -exclude-from way, I don't suppose there is a way to have a file like that, but an include file? So I can put the folders that I want backed up in there? So any other files that are added are just ignored and not backed up?
Thanks alot.
Craig
Last edited by TheRealDeal; 02-06-2005 at 03:15 PM.
Originally posted by TheRealDeal
Sorry about this, just so I understand correctly....
tar -cf --files-from=filestobackup.txt /tarfile.tar
And inside of filestobackup.txt would be like the below?...
Close, not sure the position would work like that,
though ... the 'f' in '-cf' wants its argument immediately,
so the --blurb is not quite what it expected ...
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