[CentOS] CentOS 5.0 /proc Backup/Restore
Chris Mauritz
chrism at imntv.comFri Jan 11 02:09:54 UTC 2008
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Jim Perrin wrote: > /proc and /sys are essentially 'runtime' filesystems which provide > information about your system, including memory use, available > hardware, various performance settings, etc. The files in here can > vary greatly and should not be backed up like you would with /usr/ or > /var/. Mostly, you should skip /proc and /sys for your backup > procedures. > Exactly. I can't think of any reason at all why you'd want to back up the contents of /proc unless you absolutely needed a snapshot of the system at a point in time for forensic reasons. Cheers,
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