In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Francisco Reyes
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed:
> What files or directories shoud I ignore when doing a tar backup?
>
> So far my include list is:
> /etc
> /usr/home
> /usr/local/etc
> /usr/src/sys/i386/conf
> /var/log
> /root
> /.profile
> /.cshrc
>
> And my exclude list is
> /root/.netscape/cache
> /etc/fstab
It's a bad idea to exclude fstab.
> /etc/mtree
> /etc/isdn
> /etc/uucp
isdn and uucp are probably not ignorable if you are using them.
> /usr/local/etc/codepages/
>
>
> Planning to create a separate tar just for /usr/local
> How about /var?
> should I backup all of it?
You can exclude /var/run, /var/spool/lock, /var/backups, /var/rwho and
/var/tmp. Other things you may be able to exclude depending on
whether or not you are using them include;
/var/msgs the messages system, which is the msgs command
/var/mail delivered mail
/var/spool/lpd line printer spool
/var/spool/mqueue sendmail
/var/spool/uucp,uucppublic uucp
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