Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 09:00:26 -0700 From: Glenn Dawson <glenn@antimatter.net> To: Andy Reitz <ajr9@po.cwru.edu>, Oliver Iberien <oliver.iberien@charter.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie question -- which files to back up? Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20060416085459.06653ab8@antimatter.net> In-Reply-To: <111406706926b8b45671.846930886.ajr9@po.cwru.edu> References: <111406706926b8b45671.846930886.ajr9@po.cwru.edu>
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At 09:58 PM 2/22/2006, Andy Reitz wrote: >Hi Oliver, > >At a minimum, you will probably want to back up the following directories: > > /etc > /usr/local/etc > /home > >That will get all of the configuration files for FreeBSD and the >software thar you installed from ports. Actually, no. If you want to backup the software installed from ports you will typically need /usr/local. The contents of /var/db would also be desirable so that you know which ports are installed on the machine among other things. -Glenn > The last directory will det all of your user's data. Some other > applications might put data in other places, however, so you might > want to research the applications that you are running to make sure > you don't miss any important data. > >-Andy. >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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