Try the backup and migrate module.
Hth
* Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> [131205 16:08]:
> FYI: I am new to drupal, drush and PHP but am an experienced
> programmer in other areas. Am familiar and comfortable with the
> command line.
>
> I use drush on both Linux and Mac.
>
> I have a drupal site to archive, but there are many directories
> under the filesystem root which are not part of the site.
>
> NOTE: This has happened because I use Hostmonster and add-on domains
> are "added on" under the site root.
>
> I know that archive-dump has an exclude option and I could chain a
> couple of dozen 'excludes' but that's not nearly as 'elegant' as
> chaining seven 'includes' - which would be
>
> includes, misc, modules, profiles, scripts, sites, themes
Forgot to say : I have used rsync and sql-sync to do something
similar, it does (I think) take only the site directories, but the
downside is that one would have to have a local site built already
to 'syn' to .....
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