Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 00:04:44 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> To: Francisco Reyes <lists@natserv.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Which files and directories to backup? Message-ID: <20030126230444.GB735@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> In-Reply-To: <20030126180330.L17637-100000@zoraida.natserv.net> References: <20030126180330.L17637-100000@zoraida.natserv.net>
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# lists@natserv.com / 2003-01-26 18:08:40 -0500:
> What files or directories shoud I ignore when doing a tar backup?
files you have customized in any way. it depends on what software
you run. there's no definitive answer.
> And my exclude list is
> /root/.netscape/cache
man, you run X as root? you use Netscape 4.x? why do you use FreeBSD
then? you would be fine with Windows 95. :)
> How about /var?
> should I backup all of it?
again, depends on what you have in there.
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