Cannot rsync /proc/kcore to new disk

Ken D'Ambrosio ken at jots.org
Mon Dec 16 22:47:19 UTC 2019


> I suggest just using -x instead of all those excludes:
> 
>         -x, --one-file-system       don't cross filesystem boundaries

While this is certainly a more elegant solution, I do have a 
philosophical issue with it: I've been bitten by people thinking stuff 
was being backed up when it wasn't.  For backups, I prefer to have to 
explicitly exclude stuff rather than explicitly include it after the 
fact -- and possibly find out something had been overlooked.  (I *do* 
wish there were

$.02,

-Ken




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