Networker

Re: [Networker] Should core directories/files be skipped?

2007-09-12 13:51:25
Subject: Re: [Networker] Should core directories/files be skipped?
From: Lars Hecking <lqh AT CYPRESS DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:47:15 +0100
> Any consensus on this? Any way to skip 'core' files but not directories? 
> Maybe just remove the line from the directive and get these previously 
> skipped areas backed up on the next fulls?

 It should be fine to remove the directive on systems that do not generate
 core dumps named 'core'. E.g. Linux systems create files named core.$pid;
 or $programname.core on FreeBSD.

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