On 05/16/2011 05:29 AM, Bruno Cornec wrote: > Christoph Anton Mitterer said on Mon, May 16, 2011 at 11:09:14AM +0000: > >> /var: >> - dynamically generated >> - purely internally used data (i.e. state data) but not things which are >> indirectly used and are actual/precious data (e.g. database server files) >> - things that can easily be lost (and regenerated) > > Exactly. And typically I'd like to avoid backuping /var, except maybe > /var/spool.
well, I can say if you use a package manager for your system (deb, rpm) you'll be unhappy if you don't back up its state and then have a problem, unless you intend to rebuild from scratch. Probably better to think in terms of what parts of /var you *don't* need to back up. _______________________________________________ fhs-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/fhs-discuss
