[CentOS] CentOS 5.0 /proc Backup/Restore

Thu Jan 10 23:18:33 UTC 2008
Krautkramer, John <John.Krautkramer at Micrel.Com>

Hi,

 

I've recently switched to CentOS 5.0 from RedHat 9.0 and found a new
directory /proc which contains "virtual" files according to the docs.
When I try to run my normal backup which uses cpio to create archives,
it complains about not being able to access many files in the /proc
directory. This is also true of some files in /sys/devices.

 

Searching for something that wouldn't have this problem, I tried
mondorescue. One of the first things I noticed is, by default,
mondorescue skips the /proc directory. Does anyone know the details of
my observations here? Are these files automatically generated at
runtime?

 

Thanks is advance for any insight someone can provide here!

 

John

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