Thomas E Dukes wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: centos-bounces at centos.org >> [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Mark Weaver >> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 9:11 PM >> To: CentOS mailing list >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] OT - backup question/advice >> >> Thomas E Dukes wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I have been using mondorescue to backup to dvd for several >> months now >>> without any problems. >>> >>> Since upgrading to Centos 4.4, I now receive a few errors. >> The errors >>> are for files in /var/named/chroot/proc. I guess these >> files change >>> so when I do a differntial backup they aren't there and result in >>> errors. (Never got any errors before and I think these files were >>> there in 4.3) If I exclude the files from the backup, no errors. >>> >>> My question is what, if any problems would I run into not backing >>> these files up and having to do a complete system restore? >>> >>> TIA, >>> >>> Eddie >> You shouldn't run into any problems really since files within "proc" >> aren't really there to begin with; they're resident in memory >> only and disappear when the machine shuts down or reboots. >> >> -- >> Mark > > Thanks, Mark! > > Kinda what I figured but wanted a second opinion. The errors I received > were 'files not found'. So this answers my question. > > Again, thanks! > > Eddie > no problem. personally I've always wondered why the proc file system exists at all as part of the file system. ya can't do anything with it; it's more of a tease than anything else. When I first started with Linux years ago I wasn't aware of it's "specialness" and looked like the monkey with his fist in a jar trying to do things with those "files" in there. ;P -- Mark "If you have found a very wise man, then you've found a man that at one time was an idiot and lived long enough to learn from his own stupidity." ============================================== Powered by CentOS4 (RHEL4)