Re: Incremental Backup

[vinod@xxxxxxxxxx]

On Wed, May 26, 1999 at 11:53:42AM +0530, Raj Mathur wrote:
> Simplistic solution:
> 
> 	cd /
> 	tar -cf /dev/tape .
> 	touch /LAST_TAR_TIME

I think you should Make it:
 	cd /
 	touch /LAST_TAR_TIME
 	tar -cf /dev/tape .

... to also include those files which were being edited during the tar
operation!

Vinod

> 
> [a few days later]
> 
> 	cd /
> 	find / -newer /LAST_TAR_TIME > /tmp/TARFILES
> 	tar --files-from=/tmp/TARFILES -cf /dev/tape
> 	rm -f /tmp/TARFILES
> 	touch /LAST_TAR_TIME
> 
> and so on...

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