TAR backup page "Immutable Page"

[bodhi.zazen]

Linky - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem/TAR

Would like to update the TAR command to add --excludes, both mandatory (IMO) and optional

The tar command , as is , will fail

See https://askubuntu.com/questions/936307/copy-all-files-in-one-partition-to-a-folder-in-another-partition-and-update-symb/936737

I would add:

1. TAR BACKUP really should be done from a live CD or it is subject to interruption - See the comment

" It bombs half way through showing: /lib/plymouth/themes/ /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ tar: /: file changed as we read it after 10 minutes on a mini-PCIe SSD (Sata II channel). This will take some time to fine tune... – WinEunuuchs2Unix yesterday"

2. IMO manditory excludes are

--exclude=/proc \
--exclude=/tmp \
--exclude=/mnt \
--exclude=/dev \
--exclude=/sys \

3. IMO optional excludes are (reasoning in askubuntu answer and can be added to wiki page):

--exclude=/var/log \
--exclude=/var/cache/apt/archives
--exclude=/home/*/.cache \
--exclude=/usr/src/linux-headers* \
--exclude=/home/*/.local/share/Trash \
--exclude=/media \
--exclude=/run \

4. In addition to cleaning trash, users may want to clear ~/.cache and apt-get clean

If I can have permissions to edit the page I can do it myself, otherwise it really needs some testing and cleanup.

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

Please note that the page in question is a wiki page which anybody can
edit - including you. ;-)
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WikiGuide
Since you seem to know how it should be changed, it would be great if
you could fix it.

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