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I suggest you add /root to your backup. I installed an app the
otherday that overwrote my root crontab...


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On 11/15/06, Anthony Ettinger <anthony < at > chovy.com> wrote:
I suggest you add /root to your backup. I installed an app the
otherday that overwrote my root crontab...

However root's crontab would be under /var/spool/cron (or
/var/cron/tabs), not /root (which only Linux uses). Backing up /root
wouldn't help you in this situation.

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On 11/15/06, Rob MacGregor <rob.macgregor < at > gmail.com> wrote:
On 11/15/06, Anthony Ettinger <anthony < at > chovy.com> wrote:
I suggest you add /root to your backup. I installed an app the
otherday that overwrote my root crontab...

However root's crontab would be under /var/spool/cron (or
/var/cron/tabs), not /root (which only Linux uses). Backing up /root
wouldn't help you in this situation.


thanks, /var/spool then.

i only am backing up /var/lib and /var/bind atm. which raises the
question, is it possible to backup /var/, and exclude /var/log ?

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