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Auteur: Dr. Nikolaus Klepp
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Aan: dng
Onderwerp: Re: [DNG] What not to back up
Anno domini 2021 Tue, 23 Nov 21:39:07 +0200
Lars Noodén via Dng scripsit:
> On 11/23/21 21:27, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > I'm setting up a new backup script that will do it all piecemeal so
> > that if a part of it fails, it can be retried without having to start
> > *everythng* over from scratch.
> [snip]
>
> It depends on what you've set up.
>
> For the systems I have, I only back up the configuration files in /etc/
> plus the output of
>     dpkg --get-selections
> The restoration plan is to do a fresh installation and restore with
>     dpkg --set-selections


I prefer "apt-mark showmanual" :)

$ dpkg --get-selections|wc -l
3474
$ apt-mark showmanual|wc -l
904

nik

>
> Then for the data, it is /var/ and /home/, with special treatment for
> any live databases if needed. I don't use /srv/ or /opt/ for anything.
>
> > But what about
> >
> > /run
> > /srv
> > /sys
> > ?
> >
> > What are those even used for?
>
> See "man 7 hier"
>
> """
>   /run   This  directory  contains information which describes
>     the system since it was booted.  Once this purpose
>     was served  by  /var/run and programs may continue
>     to use it.

>
>   /srv   This directory contains site-specific data  that  is
>     served by this system.

>
>   /sys   This is a mount point for the sysfs filesystem, which
>     provides information about the kernel like /proc, but
>     better structured, following the formalism of kobject
>     infrastructure.
> """

>
>
>
> /Lars
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