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

[Phillip Steege]

Mike,

  When I do a tar, the system starts normally, and then goes into an
infinite loop with "/dev/fd" filling up the screen.  It seems to be doing a
tar on that directory which causes it to create a file, which gets tar'd up
and creates a file....etc..etc.

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Holland [mailto:myk at golden.wattle.id.au]
> Sent: Friday, 31 March 2000 15:59
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: RE: [plug] Using the "-X" modifier in tar
>
>
> 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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