Exclude hidden files/folders from backup

[Dene Stringfellow]

Ken/Bill,

Thanks for your replies. I tested the following command in a shell:

tar --exclude .AppleDouble --exclude .AppleDesktop -cvf /dev/tape /home

everything seemed to be going fine to begin within - the .AppleDouble
and .AppleDesktop files were excluded as requested.

However, the process seemed to grind to a halt after about 10 small
files. I waited about 30 minutes to see if anything had changed.
Nothing! I was unable to kill the process off (- couldn't gain access to
another terminal or via webmin)! All I could do was force a reboot!

I'm running YDL 3.0 on an Apple Workgroup Server 8550/132 with an
internal Archive Python DDS2 DAT Drive 02830-XXX version 5.76 on SCSI ID
2.

A backup of 367Mb under MacOS 9 using Retrospect 3.0i completed and
verified without any problems in 26 minutes and 32 seconds!

I don't know where to look to see what is going wrong. Has anyone got
any ideas what might be happening and/or where I can look to track what
is going on?

Thanks for your patience.

Dene Stringfellow

The following entries from /var/log/messages may be of help:

Mar 29 21:02:15 RCL242 kernel: st0: Block limits 1 - 16777215 bytes.

Mar 30 09:08:27 RCL242 kernel: SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
Mar 30 09:08:27 RCL242 kernel: scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for
IDE ATAPI devices
Mar 30 09:08:27 RCL242 kernel: mesh: configured for synchronous 5 MB/s
Mar 30 09:08:27 RCL242 kernel: mesh: performing initial bus reset...
Mar 30 09:08:27 RCL242 kernel: scsi1 : MESH
Mar 30 09:08:27 RCL242 kernel: mesh: rejecting message from target 0: 1
1 3
Mar 30 09:08:27 RCL242 kernel: mesh: bs0=2f in msg_out
Mar 30 09:08:27 RCL242 kernel: mesh: rejecting message from target 0: 1
1 32
Mar 30 09:08:27 RCL242 kernel: mesh: bs0=2f in msg_out
Mar 30 09:08:27 RCL242 kernel: mesh: rejecting message from target 0: f
Mar 30 09:08:27 RCL242 kernel:   Vendor: SEAGATE   Model:
ST32550N          Rev: 3705
Mar 30 09:08:27 RCL242 kernel:   Type:
Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 01 CCS
Mar 30 09:08:27 RCL242 kernel: scsi2 : 53C94
Mar 30 09:08:27 RCL242 kernel:   Vendor: ARCHIVE   Model: Python
02830-XXX  Rev: 5.76
Mar 30 09:08:27 RCL242 kernel:   Type:
Sequential-Access                  ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Mar 30 09:08:27 RCL242 kernel:   Vendor: MATSHITA  Model: CD-ROM
CR-8005A   Rev: 4.0i
Mar 30 09:08:27 RCL242 kernel:   Type:
CD-ROM                             ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Mar 30 09:08:27 RCL242 kernel:   Vendor: FUJITSU   Model:
M2684S-512        Rev: 2026
Mar 30 09:08:27 RCL242 kernel:   Type:
Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Mar 30 09:08:27 RCL242 kernel:   Vendor: COMPAQ    Model:
ST15150N          Rev: 5217
Mar 30 09:08:27 RCL242 kernel:   Type:
Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Mar 30 09:08:27 RCL242 kernel:   Vendor: COMPAQ    Model:
ST15150N          Rev: 5217
Mar 30 09:08:27 RCL242 kernel:   Type:
Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Mar 30 09:08:27 RCL242 kernel: st: Version 20020805, bufsize 32768, wrt
30720, max init. bufs 4, s/g segs 16
Mar 30 09:08:27 RCL242 kernel: Attached scsi tape st0 at scsi2, channel
0, id 2, lun 0
Mar 30 09:08:27 RCL242 kernel: Attached scsi disk sda at scsi1, channel
0, id 0, lun 0
Mar 30 09:08:27 RCL242 kernel: Attached scsi disk sdb at scsi2, channel
0, id 4, lun 0
Mar 30 09:08:27 RCL242 kernel: Attached scsi disk sdc at scsi2, channel
0, id 5, lun 0
Mar 30 09:08:28 RCL242 kernel: Attached scsi disk sdd at scsi2, channel
0, id 6, lun 0
Mar 30 09:08:28 RCL242 kernel: SCSI device sda: 4194058 512-byte hdwr
sectors (2147 MB)
Mar 30 09:08:28 RCL242 kernel: Partition check:
Mar 30 09:08:28 RCL242 kernel:  sda: [mac] sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 sda5 sda6
sda7 sda8 sda9 sda10 sda11 sda12
Mar 30 09:08:28 RCL242 netfs: Mounting other filesystems:  succeeded
Mar 30 09:08:28 RCL242 kernel: SCSI device sdb: 1039329 512-byte hdwr
sectors (532 MB)
Mar 30 09:08:28 RCL242 kernel:  sdb: [mac] sdb1 sdb2 sdb3 sdb4 sdb5
Mar 30 09:08:28 RCL242 kernel: SCSI device sdc: 8386000 512-byte hdwr
sectors (4294 MB)
Mar 30 09:08:28 RCL242 kernel:  sdc: [mac] sdc1 sdc2 sdc3 sdc4 sdc5
Mar 30 09:08:28 RCL242 kernel: SCSI device sdd: 8386000 512-byte hdwr
sectors (4294 MB)
Mar 30 09:08:28 RCL242 kernel:  sdd: [mac] sdd1 sdd2 sdd3 sdd4 sdd5 sdd6

Mar 30 09:08:28 RCL242 kernel: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi2,
channel 0, id 3, lun 0
Mar 30 09:08:28 RCL242 kernel: sr0: scsi-1 drive
Mar 30 09:08:28 RCL242 kernel: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12
Mar 30 09:08:28 RCL242 kernel: PowerMac Z8530 serial driver version 2.0
Mar 30 09:08:28 RCL242 kernel: tty00 at 0xc6948020 (irq = 15) is a Z8530
ESCC, port = modem
Mar 30 09:08:28 RCL242 kernel: tty01 at 0xc694f000 (irq = 16) is a Z8530
ESCC, port = printer
Mar 30 09:08:28 RCL242 kernel: Macintosh non-volatile memory driver v1.0

Mar 30 09:08:28 RCL242 kernel: apm_emu: Requires a machine with a PMU.

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 Dene Stringfellow