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Date:      Tue, 28 Jan 2003 11:25:57 -0500 (EST)
From:      Francisco Reyes <lists@natserv.com>
To:        Brett Harris <bsdbrett@optushome.com.au>
Cc:        mwm-dated-1044121467.43bfa2@mired.org, FreeBSD Questions List <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Which files and directories to backup?
Message-ID:  <20030128112459.C57135-100000@zoraida.natserv.net>
In-Reply-To: <20030128173947.46630490.bsdbrett@optushome.com.au>

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On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Brett Harris wrote:
> The best way that I've found to back my machine's configs up, is to
>create a directory such as /etc/config , *move* all my important
>configuration files to it (firewall, syslogd, rc.conf etc -
>basically anything i'd want to keep for a new machine),
>and then symlink them to their proper locations.

But don't you want to also have an external copy outside the machine?
What if the whole HD dies?


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