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>From: "Steve Lamb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Harrison, Shawn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 13:15:40 -0800
>Reply-To: "Steve Lamb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Tue, 26 Jan 1999 15:14:56 -0500, Harrison, Shawn wrote:
>Much of what is "customized" or specific in the system is found in the /etc
>directory, and then all of your data files should be in the /home directory.
>So if you back up those two trees, you'll be mostly there, I would think.
This is not entirely true. It ignores things like, ohhhh, just an
example here... /var/majordom and /usr/lib/listar. Both are mailing lists
that keep data in those directories that people might want.
For backing up and keeping all the "custom" stuff on a machine it is
easier to specify exlcudes to a catchall than trying to include everything.
Directories that can, for the most part, be excluded from a
comprehensive backup:
/dev
/bin
/sbin
/usr/bin
/usr/sbin
/usr/X11R?
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Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your
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Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your
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