Hi, "All them backup mails, they make my head swim." (almost cited from the Gnus manual)
* Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > I don't backup system files. I backup kernels, /etc and > /var/lib/dpkg/status* files. I also collect a list of installed > debs I can reinstall from CD: > # dpkg --get-selections > /backup/debian.selections That sounds good. But I wantmore :-): How could I get a list of things (i.e., directories/files) that are: a) *not* managed by the package system or are changed since install time and/or b) managed by the package system, but not on my CDs (e.g. stuff that I updated from the net) I have used the apt-cdrom install method, so I have the appropriate lines for the CDs in my /etc/apt/sources.list. If I just had one (or, better, both) of these lists, I could then backup just my personal stuff. A ZIP drive could then be enough. TIA, Co"dpkg-newbie"lin -- Colin Marquardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
