Linux and data storage?

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,Thanks for the distinction.  In that case, I will want to include the 
/mail directory as well.
Karen

On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Luke Davis wrote:

> On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>
>> I will want to know this regardless, and am guessing, I hope correctly, 
>> that it is only my home directory, not the data stored in pine for me.
>
> Pine is a program.  It does not store any data for you.
>
> If you're talking about your saved mail, in folders such as saved-messages, 
> sent-mail, and other folders you have created: they are under ~/mail, so they 
> would be included in the du command, and in the backup.
>
> If you are talking about new mail, or any other mail stored in your inbox: 
> that would not be included, as it is in /var/mail/klewellen.
>
> Luke
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