linux-kernel - Re: I give up

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Date:	Mon, 9 Apr 2007 22:01:07 -0400
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	Dave Dillow <dave@...dillows.org>
Cc:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>,
	Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Subject: Re: I give up

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

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