Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 09:08:56 -0700 From: Oliver Iberien <oliver-mailinglist@charter.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Andy Reitz <ajr9@po.cwru.edu>, Glenn Dawson <glenn@antimatter.net> Subject: Re: Newbie question -- which files to back up? Message-ID: <200604160908.56707.oliver-mailinglist@charter.net> In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.2.20060416085459.06653ab8@antimatter.net> References: <111406706926b8b45671.846930886.ajr9@po.cwru.edu> <7.0.1.0.2.20060416085459.06653ab8@antimatter.net>
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On Sunday 16 April 2006 09:00, Glenn Dawson wrote: > 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. Thanks for all this information. Can /usr/local and /var/db just be copied directly back in after recovery, or (if it's more complicated that that) would there be a tutorial on this somewhere? Oliver
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