GEO <1g2e3o4@xxxxxxxxx> schrieb: > @Kai Krakow: I accept your opinion and thank you for your answer. > However I have special reasons doing so. I could name you a few use cases. > For example I do not need to backup search indexes as they mess up over > time, so I simple recreate the cache in case of a new install. > I know most of the settings I set and I know exactly what missing > directories break what in case of deletion, because I have tried so > various times. I tried to keep it neutral to help people not to try applying your special case as an idea for their own backup which may have a total different requirement. > This is not supposed to be a system backup, or a "home" backup, but a > backup of my data (documents, videos etc.). > I know hidden directories contain mails etc. but I know exactly where my > mails are (most of them imap anyway) and I would include them in the > backup. > > So I am looking for a different use case. I may be wrong but it sounds like you approach the problem from the wrong direction. If only selective data is important to you for backup: Why not put your important data in a single subvolume and backup that? You could install some compatibility symlinks to keep consistency with the well known directory structure... This is how I usually handle such corner cases. A small script like "recreate_symlinks.sh" which you also put into the backup will help you in case of restoring. -- Replies to list only preferred. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
