On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 01:40:19AM +0000, John Goerzen wrote: > Rob Owens <rowens <at> ptd.net> writes: > > > One reason I always specify the --one-file-system argument for rsync is > > that prevents me from accidentally backing up an NFS share. Since I use > > BackupPC for all the computers on my LAN, the data in the NFS share gets > > backed up when I back up the server that is hosting/exporting the share. > > > > Same thing goes for the occasional fuse share. In particular, I've > > started using encfs and I certainly wouldn't want a copy of my encrypted > > data to get backed up unencrypted, just because BackupPC happened to be > > running when I had an encrypted volume mounted. > > That is a reasonable point, and a good idea. I'm used to doing that with > other > backup software as well. But I'm still not understanding why the manual says > a > *restore* is easier. > I don't know the answer, but it might have to do with preventing a restore operation from attempting to restore over NFS, or to any other share which might be mounted read-only.
Maybe the author could speak up... -Rob ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
