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Yep. How do I omit a directory. /bu is on root and I do not want /bu
backed up
> >
> > tar: /sys/class/netlink/skip/dev: File shrank by 0 bytes; padding with
> > zeros
> > tar: /sys/class/netlink/route/dev: File shrank by 3072 bytes; padding
> > with zeros
> >
> > Maybe one of my command-line options is negating the use of -l ?
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 14:39, Stephan Uphoff wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 14:21, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> > > > I tried the -l option and it seemed that tar did not understand that
> > > > /sys was a different filesystem. I saw it walking that directory trying
> > > > to add those files. /sys is sysfs.
> > >
> > > Works on my laptop.
> > >
> > > sunburn:/# tar clvf /dev/null ./
> > > ./sys/
> > > tar: ./sys/: file is on a different filesystem; not dumped
> > >
> > >
> > > sunburn:/# stat /
> > > File: `/'
> > > Size: 4096 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 directory
> > > Device: 302h/770d Inode: 2 Links: 21
> > > Access: (0755/drwxr-xr-x) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root)
> > > Access: 2004-05-05 07:35:04.000000000 -0400
> > > Modify: 2004-05-13 11:51:46.000000000 -0400
> > > Change: 2004-05-13 11:51:46.000000000 -0400
> > >
> > > sunburn:/# stat /sys/
> > > File: `/sys/'
> > > Size: 0 Blocks: 0 IO Block: 4096 directory
> > > Device: 0h/0d Inode: 1 Links: 8
> > > Access: (0755/drwxr-xr-x) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root)
> > > Access: 2005-01-19 14:26:21.000000000 -0500
> > > Modify: 2005-01-11 12:32:29.000000000 -0500
> > > Change: 2005-01-11 12:32:29.000000000 -0500
> > >
> > > sunburn:/# uname -a
> > > Linux sunburn 2.6.5 #1 Mon May 3 17:45:45 EDT 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
> > >
> > > sunburn:/# tar --version
> > > tar (GNU tar) 1.13.93
> > > Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> > > This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
> > > You may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public
> > > License;
> > > see the file named COPYING for details.
> > > Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 13:56, Stephan Uphoff wrote:
> > > > > --preserve on extraction always worked for me.
> > > > >
> > > > > I recommend creating a backup file per file system with -l or
> > > > > --one-file-system using a relative path.
> > > > >
> > > > > (cd / ; tar cjvlf tarfile1.bz2 ./)
> > > > > (cd /usr ; tar cjvlf tarfile2.bz2 ./)
> > > > >
> > > > > makes it easier to install from bare metal.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 12:46, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> > > > > > I'm trying to create a file system backup using 'tar -cjpsvf
> > > > > > /bu/full.tar.bz2 /bin /boot /opt /home ...'. When I extract the files
> > > > > > they are all owned by root. Should I use the '--same-owner' option on
> > > > > > extraction?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Chris
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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