Cannot rsync /proc/kcore to new disk

[Colin Watson]

On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 11:54:36AM -0500, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:
> Bingo.  (And right about /sys, too.)  Here's my rsync for backups:
> 
> /usr/bin/rsync -av -e /usr/bin/ssh --progress --exclude 'proc/' --exclude
> 'dev/' --exclude 'sys/' --exclude 'tmp/' root at source.jots.org:/
> /bigdisk-01/backups/destination/

I suggest just using -x instead of all those excludes:

        -x, --one-file-system       don't cross filesystem boundaries

If you have multiple file systems to back up, rsync them separately.
Things are easier to understand this way and won't break if somebody
invents a new virtual file system or similar.

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at ubuntu.com]