Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 17 Jan 2003 11:50:30 +0100 | From | DervishD <> | Subject | Re: Tar'ing /proc ??? |
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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 :))
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