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From: root@candle.uucp (Bruce Momjian)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin
Subject: Eliminating files during Backups (Repost)
Message-ID: <1991May29.025513.17888@candle*uucp>
Date: 29 May 91 02:55:13 GMT
Organization: private system
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I am running AT&T Unix V3.1, and do my backups using the backup command,
which backs up all files that have been modified since the system was
installed.  

I wish to know if there is some easy way to prevent certain directories 
from being backed up, aside from changing their time stamp to some pre-
install date.  

The actual directories are the news subdirectories, which I don't want to 
back up, but need the date stamp on the files for retiring.  I run the backup
as root, so I can't just change the directory permissions.  Can a directory
structure be made unreadable, even by root?


Thanks
-- 
Bruce Momjian	|  	830 Blythe Avenue		| home:	(215)853-3000
root@candle	|	Drexel Hill, PA  19026		| work: (215)353-9879


-- 
Bruce Momjian	|  	830 Blythe Avenue		| home:	(215)853-3000
root@candle	|	Drexel Hill, PA  19026		| work: (215)353-9879