Re: Tar'ing /proc ???

DervishD (raul@pleyades.net)
Fri, 17 Jan 2003 11:50:30 +0100


Hi Linux Geek :)

> I have been getting strange errors when i was trying to tar my /proc .
> Are there any known issues/problems when we do such a thing ?

Yes, the files under the procfs are *not* real files. I don't think
that taring /proc/kcore is a good idea, for example ;))

> Is it supposed to work at all ?

Don't think so.

> There is no reason as to why i am doing this :-) , just wanted to try out.

;))) Do any try you want with linux: if you don't do it as root,
you won't damage anything :))

Raśl
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