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Don Troxel makes a good point regarding backups. Back in 1980 when I first started using Unix, the normal partitioning was root and /usr. User directories were normally /usr/users. More recently, the /var and /home directory trees were introduced. One reason for this is backup strategies: The / and /usr file systems are normally very stable. With the exception of some configuration files, there is no need to back them up. The /var file system is constandly changing. It normally contains /var/tmp /var/spool, neither of which need to be preserved for any length of time. And, the /home file system contains user directories. Also, the dump command on commercial Unix platforms is issued on a per file system basis, such as dump /dev/sda4. On a home system, I would be more inclined to use tar to backup various directory trees. -- Jerry Feldman (HP On-Site Consultant) http://gbrweb.msd.ray.com/~gzf/ +-------------------------------------------------------+-----Note: ------+ | Raytheon Electronic Systems (W) (781)999-1837/1-1837 | My views may not| | Mail Stop: S3SG10 (F) (781)999-3572/1-3572 | reflect the | | 180 Hartwell Road (E) gzf at gbr.msd.ray.com | views of my | | Bedford, MA 01730-2498 (H) gaf at mediaone.net | employer. | +-------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+ - Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored).
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