Hi, 12.01.2009 19:36, Stefan Sorin Nicolin wrote: > Hi, > > I have yet another exclusive configuration need. I'd like to back up a > file _without_ it's contents. I noticed that under Gentoo Linux /dev/ > tty12 takes a lot of useless space. The terminal output is stored > there - somethig that I can very well live without in case I have to > restore a system from backup. > The only way I can imagine it right now is to exclude the file > completely and create a dedicated restore jobdef where /dev/tty12 is > created per runscript directive. This doesen't feel right though. > Any ideas?
Do you have to back up the /dev tree at all? Today, most linuxes I know create its contents automatically on bootup, or single devices as they are added (think hald and udev). Arno > Thanks much. > > Stefan Sorin Nicolin > http://nicolinux.org > > --- > Unix guy, Mac head, Rails wannabe, > iPhone Dev-ious, Computer Science > alumnus, usability guesspert and > overall big time visionary > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > SourcForge Community > SourceForge wants to tell your story. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > -- Arno Lehmann IT-Service Lehmann Sandstr. 6, 49080 Osnabrück www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
