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rusty99

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Registered: 2009-03-18

Posts: 253

Rsync question

Hi, I'm trying to backup my system but find the following in my log. I'm quite new to Linux and Arch so I'm worried that these files may be essential, hopefully someone can reassure me.

skipping non-regular file "lib/udev/devices/console"
skipping non-regular file "lib/udev/devices/fuse"
skipping non-regular file "lib/udev/devices/kmsg"
skipping non-regular file "lib/udev/devices/null"
skipping non-regular file "lib/udev/devices/ppp"
skipping non-regular file "lib/udev/devices/zero"
skipping non-regular file "lib/udev/devices/net/tun"

Are they safe to add to an exclusion list or am I missing something from my rsync command? At the moment it's

rsync -ar --exclude=$TARGET/ $EXCLUDE --delete $source/ $TARGET/$BACKUP_DATE/$source/ >> /home/rusty/Logs/Rsync.weekly

fukawi2

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Re: Rsync question

It's safe to ignore those. You can't backup your console or ppp connection... And don't even think about backing up NULL!

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rusty99

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Registered: 2009-03-18

Posts: 253

Re: Rsync question

Thanks fukawi2