topic Re: fbackup in Operating System - HP-UX

fbackup

Ricky_2 — Thu, 25 Apr 2002 01:50:05 GMT

Hi, I'm trying to back up an entire system. Can someone tell me what's the difference between using fbackup with an "-i /" and "-g gfile", where gfile specifies all the mounted filesystems?
Thanks.

Re: fbackup

S.K. Chan — Thu, 25 Apr 2002 02:02:51 GMT

Using the "-g gfile" gives you the flexibility of not having to include all your -i or -e options parameters in the command line. Lets take an example ..

# fbackup -f /dev/rmt/0m -i / -e /tmp -e /var/tmp -e /usr/tmp

can be run as such ..

# fbackup -f /dev/rmt/0m -g gfile

In gfile the content would look like ..
i /
e /tmp
e /var/tmp
e /usr/tmp

e=to exclude ; i=to include

Re: fbackup

Ricky_2 — Thu, 25 Apr 2002 02:21:49 GMT

So either way I get a full system backup?

Re: fbackup

S.K. Chan — Thu, 25 Apr 2002 02:23:39 GMT

Yes.

Re: fbackup

S.K. Chan — Thu, 25 Apr 2002 02:31:50 GMT

Yes, with the exclusion of /tmp,/var/tmp & /usr/tmp of course.