On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 10:42:23AM -0400, Jason Edgecombe wrote:
> I have a question about the disklist format.
> 
> I am using tar to dump my filesystems. I would like to dump / (without 
> /home) and have /home be on a separate DLE. How do I do that? Must I 
> specify each directory in / as a separate DLE?

Depends on your disk configuration.  Gnutar, as run by amanda, will not
cross from one file system to another.  When it reaches a directory that
is a mount point for another partition (another common term for file system)
it will not enter that directory.

If /home is part of the root file system you will only need the / DLE.
If /home is on a different file system (disk partition) it will need a
separate DLE.  Note, on systems that "automount" home directories, it
is possible that /home should not be backed up at all.  Ignore the
comment if your environment does not automount home dirs - Solaris is
often set up this way.

Note also that not every directory in / is a separate file system.
for example /etc is not a separate file system.  But on my desktop
computer /usr is a separate file system and so is /usr/local.  Each
need their own DLE's.  Yet my laptop, with the same OS and version
is configured with only one file system, /.  So /usr and /usr/local
do not need separate DLE's on the laptop.

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