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Scott Ehrlich wrote: > ...I'm backing up the workstations to the server via mounting a > shared samba drive to /mnt. In terms of performance, you'd be far better off using rsync. And don't run rsync against a network mounted file system, as that defeats the benefits of the rsync protocol. Run an rsync daemon (either statically or dynamically started) on the workstations. If you have the disk space, you can then pair this strategy with one of the snapshot schemes that use rsync, resulting in some degree of historical archives. If for some reason you can't run rsync, running tar over an rsh (ssh) pipe would still be more efficient than taring a file system that is network mounted to the server. Either of these approaches makes your original question of excluding paths irrelevant. -Tom -- Tom Metro Venture Logic, Newton, MA, USA "Enterprise solutions through open source." Professional Profile: http://tmetro.venturelogic.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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