[plug] Using the "-X" modifier in tar

[Mike Holland]

On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, Phillip Steege wrote:

>   Thanks for clearing that up for me.  I appreciate it very much.
> I have been trying to do a backup, on a Sun, and it kept trying to backup
> /dev/fd and /proc everytime.  I didn't want those directories included.

Phil,
another useful tar option is  [ -l, --one-file-system ]  so you
can backup the root fs with "tar cfl x.tar /" and avoid /proc etc.
  But /dev/fd shouldnt be a problem. What happened?

Mike Holland  <mike at golden.wattle.id.au>
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