two questions

[Mark Teel]

Here is a script I use to backup my linux system:

#!/bin/sh

MEDIUM=/mnt/dmzserv/share/mark/BACKUP/webserver


echo "Creating system backup on $MEDIUM as dmz2-sys-backup-<date>.tar.gz..."

tar -zcvpf $MEDIUM/dmz2-sys-backup-`date '+%d-%B-%Y'`.tar.gz \
    --directory / --exclude=mnt --exclude=proc --exclude=share .

echo "...done"

This creates a system backup starting in "/", excluding mnt, proc and 
share, with the file name including the date.

MST


Michael Sharp wrote:

>I'm having a brain freeze tonight and apparently forgot some
>basic UNIX commands..
>
>what is the command to remove the file "--directory"
>
>rm *directory* = nope
>rm "*directory*" = nope
>rm \-\-\directory = nope
>rm -i * = nope and dosent even see the file
>
>Also, if I'm in / and want to tar the entire filesystem
>EXCLUDING the
>directory jail ( /jail ) what would be the switches to tar?
>
>Dana
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