On 10/09/2014 10:03, Dale wrote: > J. Roeleveld wrote: >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, September 10, 2014 02:47:26 AM Dale wrote: >> >> > Alan McKinnon wrote: >> >> > > On 10/09/2014 07:32, Joseph wrote: >> >> > >> Thank you again. On a different subject. Do you have a good >> pointer on >> >> > >> how to backup a system. >> >> > > >> >> > > Did it even occur to you at all to type that exact question into a >> >> > > search engine and see what comes back? >> >> > > >> >> > > Come on dude, we aren't here to do ALL your thinking for you. >> >> > >> >> > Even easier, >> >> > >> >> > eix backup >> >> >> >> That only returns 18 packages and you're missing most of the ones in >> app-backup/. >> >> >> >> Try: >> >> eix app-backup/ >> >> >> >> That gives you 44 to choose from. >> >> >> >> Alternatively, copy every file to a usb-disk and manually confirm they >> are all identical? >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Joost >> > > > Well, I first used eix backup. My thinking was this, if one searches > first for something with "backup" in it, they should notice a lot of > apps in the app-backup category even tho they might not know it existed > before that. At that point, pot of gold with this: > > eix app-backup/* > > Thing is, he may not have eix installed. :/
that's why we have emerge -s :-) > > Either way works tho. :-D > > Me, I just use rsync and call it a day. > > Dale > > :-) :-) -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
