Re: [Bug-tar] Major Bug with tar and incremental backup using the -l and --listed-incremental flags

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Terry Barnaby <address@hidden> wrote:

> I normally perform full backups with a command similar to:
> 
> tar -c -l -f /dev/st0 --listed-incremental=stamp / /usr /dist /src /home
> 
> If I do this tar does not backup all of my systems files contained in
> the separate mount points.

This is expected behavior. Option -l (--one-file-system) means "stay in
local file system when creating archive", i.e. tar does not descend into
mount points when given this option.

Regards,
Sergey