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Old 07-26-2023, 09:35 PM   #1
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tar must compress directory including every bind mountpoint's content

How do we have tar archiving and compressing directory including all resolved mountpoints' contents under it?
 
Old 07-26-2023, 11:27 PM   #2
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What did you try, and was the problem with it?
 
Old 07-27-2023, 01:58 AM   #3
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yes, tar has some options to compress, what's wrong with them? (see man page)
 
Old 07-27-2023, 10:30 AM   #4
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tar(1) is one of those odd programs that is so complex the man page can be hard for people Also there are some differences between various UN*X systems.

So this is what I do, and this is compatible with the BSDs and AIX.

Code:
tar -pcf- DIR | gzip > DIR.tar.gz
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