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cron entry to back up (by tar) list a list of files every 10 minutes
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5,15,25,35,45,55 * * * * tar -C / -cvf $HOME/backup/files-`/bin/date +\%Y-\%m-\%d-\%H\%M`.tar --files-from=$HOME/backup/files.list
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list of files are all text-oriented config files
using tar and not compressed so that I can also diff them and delete older duplicate one(s)

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