backing up

[Sajan Parikh]

On 09/26/2014 07:45 PM, NoOp wrote:
> On 09/25/2014 02:14 PM, Sajan Parikh wrote:
>> On 09/25/2014 12:51 PM, Liam Proven wrote:
>>> On 25 September 2014 19:48, Scott Blair <scott.blair at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> What directories should I include in my back up. I included all
>>>> but proc and tmp files, when I went to restore it stopped when
>>>> it hit the kernal restore.
>>> As a general rule. everything in /home/$yourusername is good.
>>>
>>>
>> Going to disagree here.  While it's true that generally you don't need
>> anything OUTSIDE of /home/$yourusername, I wouldn't backup EVERYTHING
>> inside /home/$yourusername, you'll end up wasting a ton of backup space.
>>
>> Instead, go through the hidden folders, if they are for an application
>> you want the configs backed up for, go for it.  If you don't need the
>> configs, skip the folder.  If you use something like GMail or your own
>> IMAP email server, backing up your whole Thunderbird profile will just
>> be a waste of space and time.
>>
>> I think Steam also installs certain games inside your home folder as
>> well, so definitely don't include those.
>>
>> The only things guaranteed you'll want to backup are
>> /home/username/{Desktop|Documents|Music|Pictures} and any other folders
>> you created.  I'd even exclude the Downloads folder as well.  If you
>> want to save something you downloaded, get in the habit of moving it out
>> of your Downloads folder.
>>
>> Sajan Parikh
> I'd *highly* recommend going a bit further... example:
>
> $ ls -a /opt
> .                                                H2
> ..                                               java
> Adobe                                            libreoffice4.3
> BitDefender-scanner                              lightscribeApplications
> calibre                                          MaSSHandra
> dassault-systemes                                master-pdf-editor
> epson-inkjet-printer-escpr                       openoffice4
> epson-inkjet-printer-workforce-635-nx625-series  Opticks
> epson-pc-fax                                     seamonkey
> extras.ubuntu.com                                vmware
> ffmpeg                                           XnConvert
> google                                           y
>
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>
>

By no means did I mean you should only do things in /home, however most 
of the things you have in /opt are the applications themselves, which in 
most cases can be reinstalled on any new system.  Even with the things 
you've shown there, most of the important stuff specific to your user 
like profiles, settings, history will be in /home/user...if it is done 
correctly.  This is sort of the point for /home, so that each user is 
quite portable and contained only to their /home directories.

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