fbackup

[Ricky_2]

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.

[S.K. Chan]

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

[Ricky_2]

So either way I get a full system backup?

[S.K. Chan]

Yes.

[S.K. Chan · Accepted solution]

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