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Implements the Cache Directory Tagging Standard for Drupal.
Using this standard it's easy to exclude cache files like aggregated css of java script when backing up your drupal installation using tar. Simply add option --exclude-caches to tar.
Example:
tar --exclude-caches -c -z -f drupal.tar.gz drupal
