Changeset 2336 in MondoRescue

Timestamp:

Aug 20, 2009, 5:37:41 PM (15 years ago)

Author:

Bruno Cornec

Message:

• Precise the combined usage of -E and -I in mondoarchive (Case 4601017223)

File:

• branches/2.2.9/mondo-doc/mondoarchive.8 (modified) (2 diffs)

branches/2.2.9/mondo-doc/mondoarchive.8

@@ -156 +156 @@
 .TP
 .BI "-E " "\*(lqpath ...\*(rq"
-Exclude path(s) from backup. The paths should be separated with a whitespace.
+Exclude path(s) from backup. The paths should be separated with a whitespace and surrounded by quotes.
+This is the prefered and recommended option when doing partial archiving.
 Note that mondo automatically excludes removable media (/mnt/floppy,
 /mnt/cdrom, /proc, /sys, /tmp). For example, if you are backing up to an NFS mount but you
@@ -169 +170 @@
 .TP
 .BI "-I " "\*(lqpath ...\*(rq"
-Include paths(s) in backup. The default backup path is \*(lq/\*(rq but you may
-specify alternatives, e.g. -I \*(lq/home /etc\*(rq to override that.
+Include paths(s) in backup. This option is mainly use to erform tests in order to reduce the time taken by the archiving operation.
+The default backup path is \*(lq/\*(rq but you may specify alternatives, e.g. -I \*(lq/home /etc\*(rq to override that.
 You may also specify full disk device to this option as with -I \*(lq/dev/sda /dev/cciss/c0d0\*(rq
+N.B.: When using the
+.BR \-I
+option with the 
+.BR \-E
+option, the -E content should be subdirectories of those mentioned in the -I only, as -I takes precedence.
 
 .TP