Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 17:27:48 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1044055669.3fadd8@mired.org> To: Francisco Reyes <lists@natserv.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions List <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Which files and directories to backup? Message-ID: <15924.28404.975979.636400@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20030126180330.L17637-100000@zoraida.natserv.net> References: <20030126180330.L17637-100000@zoraida.natserv.net>
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In <20030126180330.L17637-100000@zoraida.natserv.net>, Francisco Reyes <lists@natserv.com> typed: > What files or directories shoud I ignore when doing a tar backup? > > So far my include list is: > /etc > /usr/home > /usr/local/etc > /usr/src/sys/i386/conf > /var/log > /root > /.profile > /.cshrc > > And my exclude list is > /root/.netscape/cache > /etc/fstab It's a bad idea to exclude fstab. > /etc/mtree > /etc/isdn > /etc/uucp isdn and uucp are probably not ignorable if you are using them. > /usr/local/etc/codepages/ > > > Planning to create a separate tar just for /usr/local > How about /var? > should I backup all of it? You can exclude /var/run, /var/spool/lock, /var/backups, /var/rwho and /var/tmp. Other things you may be able to exclude depending on whether or not you are using them include; /var/msgs the messages system, which is the msgs command /var/mail delivered mail /var/spool/lpd line printer spool /var/spool/mqueue sendmail /var/spool/uucp,uucppublic uucp <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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