[Box Backup] backup /

[Ben Summers]

On 15 Mar 2005, at 10:55, Sandro guly Zaccarini wrote:

> what is the reason because:
>  die "It is not recommended that you backup the root directory of your
> disc";
>
> i think that if you exclude things like logs and /tmp you could safely
> backup your entire disc isn't it? am i missing something?

If your backup location has another partitions mounted within it, file 
and directory rename tracking won't work.

Ben