On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 09:59:56PM -0600, steve rader wrote: > > From: "David A. Bandel" > > you'll want to avoid copying /proc and probably even /tmp. Look around > > because there might be others you won't want to copy. Just be sure to > > exclude them. > > Why?? My install script does clean out /tmp and > /var/tmp and truncates logs. But isn't /proc all > ephemeral (built at boot and beyond?)
Yes, /proc is "all ephemeral", but you don't want to copy /proc/kcore, for example. Moreover, because /proc contains entries for each process, you get errors when a process goes away while it is being read. Finally, precisely *because* /proc is rebuilt at boot and modified at runtime, you don't *need* to copy its contents. Just make sure it exists on the destination. Kurt -- Slang is language that takes off its coat, spits on its hands, and goes to work. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
