On Thursday 10 January 2008 23:18:33 Krautkramer, John wrote: > 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 Yes, the /proc directory basically contains information on the running kernel and should never be backed up. Tony