From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932458AbXDJCBT (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Apr 2007 22:01:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932478AbXDJCBS (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Apr 2007 22:01:18 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:36339 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932458AbXDJCBR (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Apr 2007 22:01:17 -0400 Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 22:01:07 -0400 From: Dave Jones To: Dave Dillow Cc: Jan Engelhardt , Gene Heskett , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" , Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: I give up Message-ID: <20070410020107.GF1994@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Dave Dillow , Jan Engelhardt , Gene Heskett , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" , Jeff Garzik References: <200704091007.58535.gene.heskett@gmail.com> <461A71FA.40900@zytor.com> <200704091538.44253.gene.heskett@gmail.com> <1176157330.4767.12.camel@dillow.idleaire.net> <20070410012754.GD1994@redhat.com> <1176169246.3193.2.camel@obelisk.thedillows.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1176169246.3193.2.camel@obelisk.thedillows.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 09:40:46PM -0400, Dave Dillow wrote: > > However, it also doesn't explain what the point is of backing up /dev > > when it's dynamically created. > > It's not /dev he's backing up -- its /home, /usr, and others. GNU tar > saves the device and inode numbers from the {,l}stat() call on each file > and decides it is a new file if either number changes from run to run. Ah apologies, I jumped into the thread halfway, and misunderstood the problem. Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk