On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:07:38 +0000, Paul Stear wrote: > > --one-file-system > > Still not sure what the above will produce, I didn't find the man page > very readable. Take sys for example, if it is saying that the directory > would be created, would I still need to exclude everything under it?.
The /sys mount point is on the same filesystem as /, so it will be included, but the contents are no a separate (virtual) filesystem, so they won't be copied. The same goes for /proc /dev and removable devices mounted under /mnt and /media. It also applies to your backup drive, which you need to exclude, and /home, which you don't. So you'll need to backup /home, and any other partitions you need, separately. I prefer to keep backups of the OS and user data separate anyway, so this suits me. -- Neil Bothwick Due to inflation, all clouds will now be lined with zinc.
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