Re: [SLUG] tar /proc

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Hi Henry,   You don't need to back it up. It's in memory. It's one of the kool things about Linux in that you can interface with the /proc system information as though it were set of files when in fact it is just a bit of memory. Makes finding info about the system very easy for a developer. Sure beats win32api bullshit.   For example:   cat /proc/loadavg produces: 0.00 0.00 0.00 1/391 12021   It looks like a file,   ls -l /proc/loadavg -r--r--r--    1 root     root            0 Feb 18 13:29 /proc/loadavg but it's just a piece of memory being updated when you ask it for information.     HTH (hope this helps)   Stuart       ----- Original Message ----- From: henry To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 18 February 2002 12:37 Subject: [SLUG] tar /proc Dear Sirs:       I cant "tar zcvf /proc.tgz /proc " , I always get msg like "exit by previous error" . just behind this line "tar /proc/exe" .     I want to backup /proc for minimizing my slackware , how could I bypass of the error ?     BestRegards Henry