On Monday 12 September 2005 01:58, Daniel Vogel wrote: > For a few days i've trying to figure out how to make backup of my machine. > > Since i have to duplicate it, i thought on tar'ing directories so i can > store untar them on the other mahcine, (wich is far away from this one) and > store it to have a safe copy. > > But i still cannot tar var directory. In particular i have lots of problems > with /var/named/chroot/proc wich is filled with an incredible ammount of > stuff, like: <snip> > The question is, is there any of this files-directories that i can erase to > make a tar? by now im having problems with some files from the -number- > directories like: > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 sep 12 01:57 exe > wich is not linked to anything > > what can i do? Do you have a copy of proc mounted under /var/named/chroot/proc? It sounds like you're running a chrooted setup for bind? Anyway, you can use the -X option in tar, point it to a file that contains all unwanted directories... /var/spool /var/cache /var/lock /var/tmp are probably some others you won't need on most boxes... Peter.
