find . AND -prune commands

[JMB_PHP]

For backup we copy the ./dbms/* directories to ./buds and then use a find . - print to cpio the entire file system to tape. I need to exclude the ./buds directory. Will the following command duplicate the output of the simple find . - print command (exluding the ./buds directory?

cd / ; find . -path ./buds -prune -o -print

Here's the directory structure:

Filesystem kbytes used avail %used Mounted on
/dev/vg00/lvol3 143360 63724 74715 46% /
/dev/vg00/lvol1 83733 38537 36822 51% /stand
/dev/vg00/lvol8 1572864 1073336 468698 70% /var
/dev/vg00/lvol7 1261568 649236 574148 53% /usr
/dev/vg00/u1 512000 211839 281419 43% /u1
/dev/vg00/lvol4 1048576 12937 971132 1% /tmp
/dev/vg00/lvol6 557056 270983 268225 50% /opt
/dev/vg00/lvol5 20480 1113 18163 6% /home
/dev/vg04/dbmsdsk4 8888320 2597302 6097654 30% /dbms/disk4
/dev/vg03/dbmsdsk3 8888320 3891986 4840222 45% /dbms/disk3
/dev/vg02/dbmsdsk2 8888320 3650734 5074622 42% /dbms/disk2
/dev/vg01/dbms 17776640 12907528 4793100 73% /buds

[Peter Nikitka]

Hi,

your command looks okay - but for backing up a whole system, an ignite backup is much more valuable than a simple cpio tape.

mfG Peter

[JMB_PHP]

Thanks, we use cpio so we can restore individual files on an as needed basis.

I was under the impression that ignite was used for HPUX system files and settings to restore basic configurations (LAN, printers, etc..)

[Sandman!]

The ignite-based recovery tape can also be used to recover individual files. By default it'll copy only vg00 unless you specify explicitly.

[Michael Steele_2]

Although ignite defaults to a 'pax' backup utiltiy you can also use tar. And tar will allow individual file restorations.

Position after the first ignite tape record (bootlif).

# mt -t /dev/rmt/0mn fsf 1

Note the no rewind option 0mn.

# tar -xvf /dev/rmt/0m filename

[James R. Ferguson]

John:

Ignite is the preferred method for creating recovery images of vg00. That said, it is not a generalized backup tool.

If you have a 'make_tape_recovery' tape from Ignite, and want to restore an individual file (on a PA-RISC server), you can do:

# mt -t /dev/rmt/0mn fsf 1
# tar -xvf /dev/rmt/0m filename

Ignite uses 'pax' in reality to create the archive on the tape.

Regards!

...JRF...