From ecfff11982243e74b6b0fd225c002e02de7caefa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jamie Cameron Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 22:58:27 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Use tar to backup /etc/webmin , and exclude known large directories --- makerpm.pl | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/makerpm.pl b/makerpm.pl index 6e431833d..4b885708d 100755 --- a/makerpm.pl +++ b/makerpm.pl @@ -166,7 +166,8 @@ fi # Save /etc/webmin in case the upgrade trashes it if [ "\$1" != 1 ]; then rm -rf /etc/.webmin-backup - cp -r /etc/webmin /etc/.webmin-backup + mkdir /etc/.webmin-backup + (cd /etc/webmin && tar --exclude history --exclude bandwidth --exclude usage -c -f - .) | (cd /etc/.webmin-backup && tar -x -f -) fi # Put back old /etc/webmin saved when an RPM was removed if [ "\$1" = 1 -a ! -d /etc/webmin -a -d /etc/webmin.rpmsave ]; then