Re: [aclug-L] Backing up

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> How about /proc?  Assuming that a full restore is going to require
> re-installing the core OS from scratch, these will just get rebuilt,
> right?  As root, can I stupidly delete this, and if so, rebuild it without
> a backup?  

You don't delete /proc.  /proc is not a real filesystem anyway.  It's just
a filesystem-type representation of various system information.  It takes
up no physical disk space.


> What about /dev?  Everything should get rebuilt on a re-install, but can
> (should?) I back it up uncase I get a little too wild with rm?

Backing up /dev is kinda pointless... if you accidentally rm /dev, chances
are you won't have a chance to restore your backup anyway...  It would
then be time for a reinstall. :-)


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