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fullbackup.sh
# create a /backups directory
mkdir /backups
# tar everything except system directories (and the backups directory itself)
tar -cvpf /backups/fullbackup.tar --directory=/ --exclude=proc --exclude=sys --exclude=dev/pts --exclude=backups .
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