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I always do mksysb -i /dev/rmt0 .

Good luck!


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On Dec 9, 2005, at 3:27 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote:

> On Fri December 9 2005 3:12 pm, Christopher Fowler wrote:
>> I'm trying to make a backup of my hard drive without including the
>> directory /mksysb.  Tar keeps pulling files from that directory.
>>
> man tar:
>
>  --exclude=FILE
>               exclude file FILE
>
>        -X, --exclude-from=FILE
>               exclude files listed in FILE
>
> and info tar:
>
> `--exclude=PATTERN'
>      When performing operations, `tar' will skip files that match
>      PATTERN.
>
> `--exclude-from=FILE'
> `-X FILE'
>      Similar to `--exclude', except `tar' will use the list of  
> patterns
>      in the file FILE.
>
> `--exclude-caches'
>      Automatically excludes all directories containing a cache
>      directory tag.
>
> another way would be to specify files:
> --file=ARCHIVE'
> `-f ARCHIVE'
>      `tar' will use the file ARCHIVE as the `tar' archive it performs
>      operations on, rather than `tar''s compilation dependent default.
>
> `--files-from=FILE'
> `-T FILE'
>      `tar' will use the contents of FILE as a list of archive members
>      or files to operate on, in addition to those specified on the
>      command-line.
>
> ------
> dontcha just HATE man pages???? you really have to know what you want
> before you look for it!
>
> -- 
> Paul Cartwright
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