Steve Lamb wrote: > 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. As others have pointed out, you'd probably want to backup /var and also /usr/local (if it isn't part of /var). It might be worthwhile to have a read through the FSSTND, just to check we aren't all forgetting something. > 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. Wouldn't that be a bug? Saving data in /usr, I mean? HTH - HAND Jiri
