On Thu, Aug 05, 1999 at 12:08:21AM +0200, Colin Marquardt wrote:
> 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.
>
I think what you'd most need to keep backups for would be found in:
/etc < Most, if not all of your configuration files
/home < or wherever your user home directories reside
/usr/local < where you should be keeping your custom stuff
There are probably some files in /var that would be handy on a
backup, dealing with the current state of your system.
On my system:
/etc is a little over 3Mb
/home is a bit over 118Mb (geez, didn't know I had that much
junk there :/)
/usr/local is about 760Mb (723Mb of that is a partial mirror
of Debian)
/var is 65Mb
To back them up (excluding my mirror) would take less than 250Mb.
Mike
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