On Wed, 2009-06-03 at 03:02 -0700, GMS S wrote: > Will this command do the job for backup? > > rsync -vpa / /home/user/backup > > How would I exclude these files below: > > /lost+found > /media > /mnt > > and others which I do not need. > > And what is the compression lever by rsync (using -a option)? ---- I would pretty much recommend that you specifically omit /dev and /proc too. Save the filter to a text file and make it look something like this (I like the first one but you might not). + and - symbols should be obvious. - ~* - /lost+found/ + **/home/user/backup rsync -vpa --filter='. /path/to/rsync-filter' $source $destination I didn't think '-a' option indicates compression at all, only 'archive' and you might want '-u' option for update. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
