Hi,

12.01.2009 19:36, Stefan Sorin Nicolin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have yet another exclusive configuration need. I'd like to back up a  
> file _without_ it's contents. I noticed that under Gentoo Linux /dev/ 
> tty12 takes a lot of useless space. The terminal output is stored  
> there - somethig that I can very well live without in case I have to  
> restore a system from backup.
> The only way I can imagine it right now is to exclude the file  
> completely and create a dedicated restore jobdef where /dev/tty12 is  
> created per runscript directive. This doesen't feel right though.
> Any ideas?

Do you have to back up the /dev tree at all? Today, most linuxes I 
know create its contents automatically on bootup, or single devices as 
they are added (think hald and udev).

Arno

> Thanks much.
> 
> Stefan Sorin Nicolin
> http://nicolinux.org
> 
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