On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:25:33 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote:
> The init of /tmp (or the first snapshot after that) saved a truly > temporary file, .spamassassin<number>. Now, each daily backup throws > an error on that vault because that file has disappeared on the > source drive. > > Because I've since added exclusion rules to master.conf to not > backup any /tmp/.* files, I'd like to clean the vault so I don't get > this same error forever. > > My naive inclination is to reinitialize the /tmp vault. However, > that might not be the appropriate way to do this. Please advise. Rich, Is there a good reason to back up /tmp at all? I've never bothered to. My understanding is that there is no need to keep anything there; /tmp is for purely transient scratchpad files. --Dale -- "Never try to out-stubborn a cat." _______________________________________________ Dirvish mailing list [email protected] http://www.dirvish.org/mailman/listinfo/dirvish
