Anno domini 2021 Tue, 23 Nov 14:27:56 -0500 Hendrik Boom scripsit: > I'm setting up a new backup script that will do it all piecemeal so > that if a part of it fails, it can be retried without having to start > *everythng* over from scratch. > > Which top-level filesystems should *not* be backed up.
Question is: What do you want the backup for? Recover from a failed disk in 5 minutes or "just" all your settings and user directories? I for myself do not bother to save the OS, a list of all manually installed packages is good enough for me. Nik > > To start with, I presumably shouldn't back up > > /proc > /tmp > /dev (cause I'm using some version of *udev) > /mnt > > and I certainly should back up /var, /usr. /root, /bin, > /boot, /etc, /home, /lib, /lib64, /sbin > > But what about > > /run > /srv > /sys > ? > > What are those even used for? > > -- hendrik > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng > -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ... _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
