Tiny Core Linux backup save files and configuration information

Backup backup used to save files and settings in Tinycore. Time taken to start up and Shut down the more you have a in backup, the longer it would take to start up and Shut down TinyCo Re. For quicker start-up and shut-down, minimize the size of backup, or if-installed on-a hard drive, don ' t use Backup at all. Select What's Saved During Backup the file/opt/.filetool.lst contains a list of files and directories Saved During back Up. The file/opt/.xfiletool.lst contains a list of files and directories within those in/opt/.filetool.lst excluded from Bei Ng saved during backup. You can add the names of files and directories to, or remove the names of files and directories from,/opt/.filetool.lst a Nd/opt/.xfiletool.lst to determine: saved during backup. To Edit/opt/.filetool.lst or/opt/.xfiletool.lst use a Root Text Editor. Open the terminal and type sudo editor Include the directories relative to the root directory, and leave out the leading/ . Safe Backup When shutting Down Tinycore, you may select Safe Backup. This saves the previous backup as Mydatabk.tgz, and creates a new backup. To save additional backup files, see Backup with Date and time change the Name of the backup File by default, files is Ba Cked up in a file called mydata.tgz. If you is using version 3.6 or higher, you can change the name of the the backup file. To change the name of the the backup file, include "Mydata=other-name" boot code in the bootloader. If you don't want to use backup if you don't want to use backup, include the "Norestore" of the boot option in the bootloader. When using the Persistent/home and/opt when using persistent home and opt-in choose not to use the backup at all, by includ ing the "norestore" boot option in the bootloader. References to the home and opt directories can removed from/opt/.filetool.lst. In the version I am using, which is everything. Then add the names of all files and directories you want in Backup To/opt/.filetool.lst. OtherWays to save files and Settings files and Settings could also be saved by:1. Making extensions for Settings. For more information, see Make Extensions for Settings. 2. Saving in/opt. For a example of this, see Tinycore passwords. Exclude anything unnecessary from backup Exclude anything unnecessary from backup. Following is examples. Files which don ' t change the extensions for files which don ' t change, particularly large ones, and exclude them f Rom backup. To list large files IN/HOME/TC, open the terminal and use/home/tc/-type f-size +1m | Xargs LS-LHS For more information, see Make Extensions for Settings. Internet Browser cache Most Internet browsers save cache IN/HOME/TC. If this was included in backup, it could take a long time. Want to exclude Internet browser cache from backup. Xfe and Backup If you use Xfe File Manager, it saves files and directories to delete in trash. If you BACKUP/HOME/TC, the included in backup. The more you delete, the longer BACKup takes. To avoid this, add the following line To/opt/.xfiletool.lst. Home/tc/.xfe also edit the preferences in Xfe, to permanently delete files instead of adding them to trash. To does this, go to Edit, then Preferences. Click the Square preceeding "Include a command to bypass the Trash can (permanent delete)," to tick it. Then click "Accept." Extract a backup File normally access a backup by starting the computer, and restoring it. Backup files can also be extracted manually. Backup files is normally saved in the TCE directory (somewhere like/mnt/sda1/tce). To access the contents for a backup, create a new directory and copy the backup file to it. Open the terminal and type cd directory TAR-XVF backup-name Using Commands to run backup, open the terminal and use Filet Ool.sh-b to restore files on backup, use Filetool.sh-r to list files that would be in backup and their size, use Filetool . sh-d to find out where backup was saved, use Cat/opt/.backup_device Also see OptioNS when installed in a hard drive Options when installed in a USB drive

Tiny Core Linux backup saves files and configuration information