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kokoko3k

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[SOLVED] Arch wiki and rsync backup

Here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fu … with_rsync
the suggested method of backing up via rsync is the following:

# rsync -aAXv --exclude={"/dev/*","/proc/*","/sys/*","/tmp/*","/run/*","/mnt/*","/media/*","/lost+found"} / /path/to/backup/folder

But rsync man pages states:

 -x, --one-file-system       don't cross filesystem boundaries

Is there any reason why one should prefer "--exclude" over "-x" ?

Thanks.

Last edited by kokoko3k (2017-01-03 12:59:40)

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Slithery

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Re: [SOLVED] Arch wiki and rsync backup

If your Arch installation is all on one partition then no, it won't make any difference.

If, however, you have separate partitions for /boot, /home, /var, whatever then the --exclude method would back these up, whereas the -x method wouldn't.

Last edited by Slithery (2017-01-03 11:36:53)

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kokoko3k

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Re: [SOLVED] Arch wiki and rsync backup

Ok, thanks.

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