On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:48:09 -0500, forgottenwizard wrote: > > I'd say you _need_ /dev /proc and /sys. > I'd like to know why. Some of the files in /proc change often, and cause > rsync a problem. sys doesn't cause these problems, though.
You definitely don't want to backup /proc and /sys as they are virtual filesystems. /sys is fairly static but /proc changes all the time as it contains details on processes and the contents of memory. /dev/is also dynamic, but there are a couple of files in the /dev mountpoint that are needed before udev starts, and are no longer accessible via /dev/on a running system. One way of getting at these, and excluding /proc and /sys is to bind mount / elsewhere. mount --bind / /mnt/root Then backup /mnt/root. Alternatively, keep copies of the needed /dev files (null and console IIRC) and backup root with rsync's -x option (or -l if you are using tar). rsync also supports the use of include and exclude lists, so you can put a list of what you don't need: /tmp, /var/tmp, /usr/portage, etc, in a file to exclude them all from the backup. -- Neil Bothwick Crash: (v.) to terminate a program in the usual fashion, i.e. by locking up the computer or setting fire to the printer. (n.) the process of such termination.
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