Questions with rsync

[Andras Simon]

On 6/3/09, GMS S <gmspro at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Will this command do the job for backup?
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> rsync -vpa / /home/user/backup
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> How would I exclude these files below:
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> /lost+found
> /media
> /mnt
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> and others which I do not need.
>
> And what is the compression lever by rsync (using -a option)?

Not an answer to your questions, but if you plan to use rsync for
backup, have a look at this:

http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/

Andras