Celejar <cele...@gmail.com> writes: > On Tue, 16 May 2023 09:52:07 +0800 > Jeremy Ardley <jer...@ardley.org> wrote: > >> >> On 16/5/23 09:11, pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote: >> > I'd suggest backing up /etc, since that's where your system settings >> > are. I also back up /var, since that's typically where your logs and >> > mail are. >> >> There is a lot relevant of stuff in /usr/local >> >> For instance some programs use /usr/local/etc rather than /etc > > They do? I see that my /usr/local/etc is empty. What programs use this > directory
It's an odd claim. I typically don't have anything in /usr/local except what I put there myself. Some Debian packages do create a directory in /usr/local/share but leave it empty. So what goes in /usr/local is mostly software I've compiled myself and maybe some little scripts. Basically stuff I might use both as both root and normal user. If it's just for my non-privileged user account then it typically goes in $HOME/bin or the more modern $HOME/.local/bin. So for me, /usr/local is useful to back up but typically it amounts to very little data. My Debian router has all of 812 kB in there, for example.
