On 04/02 12:17 , Tino Schwarze wrote:
> These are all unix domain sockets and should simply be ignored (whycan't
> tar save these like the device nodes in /dev?)

Because sockets are created on the fly; and should only exist when their
parent process exists. Creating them without a corresponding process to be
attached to them is meaningless; and therefore they should never be backed
up.

-- 
Carl Soderstrom
Systems Administrator
Real-Time Enterprises
www.real-time.com

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