NEWROOT=/mnt/eiche DATA_DIRS="bin boot etc home lib opt root sbin tmp usr var" SCRIPTS="/root/scripts/to_eiche" # display how long we backup date for script in $SCRIPTS; do $script done # create empty dirs mkdir -p $NEWROOT/dev $NEWROOT/proc $NEWROOT/mnt for a in /mnt/*; do mkdir -p $NEWROOT/$a; done cd / tar cf - $DATA_DIRS | ( cd $NEWROOT; tar xf - ) date