Re: [SLUG] tar /proc

[Jeff Waugh <jdub@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

<quote who="henry">

>     I cant "tar zcvf /proc.tgz /proc " , I always get msg like "exit by
>     previous error" . just behind this line "tar /proc/exe" .  I want to
>     backup /proc for minimizing my slackware , how could I bypass of the
>     error ?

proc is a virtual filesystem that provides an interface to read and write
kernel parameters, and view process information. You can't back it up, or
delete it.

- Jeff

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