Is it ok to skip /run/log/journal/ in backups
On 1/26/2015 6:54 AM, kqt4at5v at gmail.com wrote:> Is it ok to skip /run/log/journal/ in backupsthere is no directory /run/ on a stock centos system. -- john r pierce 37N 122W somewhere on the middle of the left coast
On 26/01/15 17:27, John R Pierce wrote:> On 1/26/2015 6:54 AM, kqt4at5v at gmail.com wrote: >> Is it ok to skip /run/log/journal/ in backups > > there is no directory /run/ on a stock centos system. >I think he means /var/run/log/journal/ Which is included on a stock centos system. Kind Regards, Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F
On 01/26/2015 06:54 AM, kqt4at5v at gmail.com wrote:> Is it ok to skip /run/log/journal/ in backups/run is a tmpfs, so all of its contents are lost on every reboot. As a purely technical matter, yes, it's perfectly safe to not back that up, along with other pseudo-filesystems like /dev /sys and /proc.