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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I keep on finding myself wanting to play with new
things etc. Instead of having to reinstall my system ever time I end up
breaking something (sorry, I'm a perfectionist who feels my system must be
perfect!), can I just back up my entire system with tar.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The first question is: what is the syntax for
this?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Secondly, where will the tar file go. What I
mean is, if the command were:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>tar cf /* ./backup.tar</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>then won't the program get into a loop since I'm
backing up the current directory, but also continually writing data to this
directory? Equally, if I mount a second partition under /mnt and save the
tar file to /mnt/backup.tar won't it try and backup the mounted partition
also?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'd be greatful if anyone has the answer to my
question.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks, Saqib</FONT></DIV>
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