why not mount them in a precommand and unmount them after the backup ?


On Wednesday 13 October 2004 14:14, Kidder, Roy wrote:
> I have several unix boxes that have partitions which are not mounted at
> runtime (ie /boot). Since they're not mounted, they don't get backed up. I
> specify what paths I'm specifically interested in in my backup specs (ie
> /etc, /home, /usr/local, etc) and adding /boot simply backs up the mount
> point, not the contents (as I would expect). Does anyone know any tricks to
> get unmounted partitions to be included?
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> Thanks in advance,
> Roy
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> Roy Kidder
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> Safelite Glass Corp.
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