RAR

z0diac · 09-24-2007, 01:44 AM

OK, I rar up my entire httpdocs directory for backup each week, EXCEPT one directory which is *huge* and I backup that separately.

So I want to add ALL files/dirs in my httpdocs EXCEPT one subdir called "datafiles" (httpdocs/datafiles/*)

Is this even possible with rar ??

I've tried dozens of command lines but none successful.

bathory · 09-24-2007, 02:40 AM

Iirc you should run:

Code:

rar a -r httpdocs.rar httpdocs/ -xhttpdocs/datafiles

Why don't you use tar instead of rar?

colucix · 09-24-2007, 03:06 AM

You can use find to exclude a specified subdir, as in

Code:

cd httpdocs
find . -maxdepth 1 -wholename ./datafiles -prune -o -print

you will likely to exclude the . at the beginning of the filelist, as for

Code:

egrep -v ^.$

putting all this together you will have something like

Code:

cd httpdocs
find . -maxdepth 1 -wholename ./datafiles -prune -o -print | egrep -v ^.$ | xargs rar a ../httpdocs.rar

z0diac · 09-24-2007, 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bathory

Iirc you should run:

Code:

rar a -r httpdocs.rar httpdocs/ -xhttpdocs/datafiles

Why don't you use tar instead of rar?

IT WORKED!

I had tried EVERY combination of variations EXCEPT that one (either put a space in after the -x or put it without but with that switch in the wrong place, etc).

You have no idea how much time you've saved me - I was rar'ing up every subdir individually which took HOURS each week before.

Thank you both for replying!!!

z0diac · 09-24-2007, 11:43 AM

Oh - I use rar instead because I use WIndows here at home... and since all my other home backups are rar'ed up with WinRar I just like to keep everything the same. Need rar's ability to split archive into multiple 500MB volumes too since I'm backing up a 90GB site.