On Thu, Aug 10, 2023 at 03:42:01PM -0400, Default User wrote: > Hi! > > When backing up my system I have been using this exclusions list: > > /dev/* > /proc/* > /sys/* > /tmp/* > /run/* > /mnt/* > /media/* > /lost+found > > There are many sources online that suggest that "/lost+found" should be > excluded from backups, but I can't seem to find a good explanation for > why.
Squinting the other way (which doesn't contradict what others have said in this thread): if you see anything in lost+found, the idea is that you do something about it (rescue it, throw it away). Thus, the content of lost+found is (or should be) as temporary as, say, /tmp. And you don't back up that. So I'd tend to exclude the special "lost+found" dirs (perhaps not any dir called like that). But then, it's not that important. Cheers -- t
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