Re: purpose of /var/backups

2005-01-18 Thread Doug Poland
On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 01:20:50AM +, Daniel Bye wrote: > On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 04:04:52PM -0600, Doug Poland wrote: > > On my 5.3-STABLE systems I have a directory in /var called backups. > > ... snip ... > > > > I'm curious, what process are writing these files to this directory? > > pe

Re: purpose of /var/backups

2005-01-17 Thread Daniel Bye
On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 04:04:52PM -0600, Doug Poland wrote: > Hello, > > On my 5.3-STABLE systems I have a directory in /var called backups. A > view of man hier says: > >backups/ miscellaneous backup files > > with files like: > > aliases.bak > aliases.bak2 > group.bak > group

purpose of /var/backups

2005-01-17 Thread Doug Poland
Hello, On my 5.3-STABLE systems I have a directory in /var called backups. A view of man hier says: backups/ miscellaneous backup files with files like: aliases.bak aliases.bak2 group.bak group.bak2 master.passwd.bak master.passwd.bak2 I'm curious, what process are writing t