Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Thu, 16 Jan 2003 09:04:39 -0500 (EST) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: Tar'ing /proc ??? |
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On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Linux Geek wrote:
> Hi all, > > I have been getting strange errors when i was trying to tar my /proc . > Are there any known issues/problems when we do such a thing ? > Is it supposed to work at all ? > > There is no reason as to why i am doing this :-) , just wanted to try out. > > TIA , for all the help
Normally, you do `tar -clf` |________ stay on the same file-system. Otherwise toy need to use --exclude /proc. Proc is a virtual file-system that contains things like kcore. You can get into a deadlock when reading kcore and you don't want this in your backup anyway.
Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.4.18 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips). Why is the government concerned about the lunatic fringe? Think about it.
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