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

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"Never try to out-stubborn a cat."
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