On Sunday 03 September 2006 16:25, Benjamin Franz wrote: > On Sun, 3 Sep 2006, Tom Horsley wrote: > > Look at the '-x' option for rsync. Run seperate rsyncs for any additional > mounted partitions that you *do* want to backup. In a default FC5 install > that should not be very much. On the subject of backups, here's something I find curious. The following script:- #! /bin/bash rsync -av /etc /home/copyofslashetc tar cvfz /root/home`date +%Y%m%d%k%M`.tar.gz /home/* #tar cvfz /root/etc`date +%Y%m%d%k%M`.tar.gz /etc/* tar cvfz /root/var_spool_mail`date +%Y%m%d%k%M`.tar.gz /var/spool/mail/* works fine. The rsync line is in there because the commented out tar of /etc appears to run OK, but when I attempt to unpack the /etc archive it errors. Any idea why? Dave F -- Registered Linux user number 393408 I use and recommend the email service at 1 & 1 For domain registration, email and web hosting please visit: http://oneandone.co.uk/xml/init?k_id=6389763
