> > If you put the filesystem of interest on its own partition, then > ISTM you can mount -o remount,ro that one file system, and it should > remain static during the backup. All data will still be available, > though unmodifiable. Clearly, one would need to do something like > an lsof to ensure that nobody is using it when the remount takes > place. > > Mike > Thanks Mike. Could be useful for my needs. Just curious. Would such a mount -o remount,ro flush any dirty filesystem buffers like sync, or would it discard them. Cheers, -J -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines