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Created February 18, 2013 10:28
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  1. hmans created this gist Feb 18, 2013.
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    # create a /backups directory
    mkdir /backups

    # tar everything except system directories (and the backups directory itself)
    tar -cvpf /backups/fullbackup.tar --directory=/ --exclude=proc --exclude=sys --exclude=dev/pts --exclude=backups .