Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 12:24:33 -0600 From: Scott Gerhardt <scott@g-it.ca> To: Curtis Vaughan <curtis@npc-usa.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What to backup Message-ID: <7DD3A492-0744-11D9-881F-000393801C60@g-it.ca> In-Reply-To: <CCD7FB7C-0743-11D9-A059-000393934006@npc-usa.com> References: <CCD7FB7C-0743-11D9-A059-000393934006@npc-usa.com>
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On Sep 15, 2004, at 12:19 PM, Curtis Vaughan wrote: > I have a question about what exactly I should backup on my 5.3 FreeBSD > Server. So far I have chosen the following directories for full > backup. But perhaps some is overkill. > > /etc > /boot > /home > /var/log > /usr/ports > /root > /usr/local > /usr/src > > Curtis > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > > You don't really need to backup /usr/ports and /usr/src since they can be easily rebuilt by cvsup'ing the latest. Not backing these up will probably save you about 500MB. Thanks, -- Scott A. Gerhardt, P.Geo. Gerhardt Information Technologies
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