#!/bin/bash #The only variable is target1. Here we configure what should be in the #root tar ball target1="bin cdrom etc home lib mnt root tmp boot dev floppy sbin usr" #Clear out the old images rm /var/images/*.tar #Making var first as we don't want the images in the var tar file. cd /var tar -cp * >/web/var.tar mv /web/var.tar /var/images #Make root cd / tar cfp /var/images/root.tar $target1