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---- Shell Script to Backup Files

Jonesy - 2:39 am on May 25, 2010 (gmt 0)


man tar

Simply tell `tar` not to include the backup file:

cd /home
tar zcf /home/EXAMPLE/`date +%Y%b%d`_EXAMPLE_backup.tar.gz --exclude='*backup.tar.gz' EXAMPLE

Jonesy

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