On Fri, 2007-09-21 at 17:38 +0200, Nicolas Mailhot wrote: > Le Ven 21 septembre 2007 16:49, Ralf Corsepius a écrit : > > >>From the FHS: > > Chapter 5. The /var Hierarchy > > Purpose > > /var contains variable data files. This includes spool directories and > > files, administrative and logging data, and transient and temporary > > files. > > And some transient files like spools may be backed up, but /var is not > for long-term data I should have been more explict: Unlike Seth said, /var not for transient and temporary only. e.g. /var/lib/ is full of non-transient data, which, if you loose them due to not having backed up, will let you "appear pretty old". Ralf -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
