Here's my original posting:
>I am trying to find a way to do level dumps of a file sytstem BUT
>excluding one directory structure of the fs. I don't think I can do that
>with vdump. I tried gnu tar but did not find the way to do level dumps with it.
>Can anyone help?
>Thank you"
Thank to everyone who responded. The overall solution was to use DEC NSR (OEM
Legato Networker) but I couldn't do that for political reasons...
I then continued searching for a solution. Finally, after more reading, I am using
GNU TAR version 1.11.8 (the only one I got to work on DU3.2c), and my backup
scripts have this command:
gtar -c -v -l -g $file1 -V "Label" -f $dumpfile --exclude $dir1 --exclude $dir2
$file-systems
The $file1 is a file used by gtar for the incremental dumps. If it does not exist,
it is created and a full dump is performed. Next time, a leveled dump is performed
according to the contents of this file. The --excludes are paterns I DON'T WANT to
backup. $file-systems is a variable holding all file-systems I want to back-up.
It is important to put the "-l" option so the gtar stays in a local file system and
do not cross to others.
Hope this helps,
Dan.
dan_at_nea.fr
Received on Fri Jan 17 1997 - 13:42:02 NZDT