From: Mike Castle <dalgoda@ix.netcom.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4.15-pre6 / EXT3 / ls shows '.journal' on root-fs.
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 20:05:03 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20011119200503.B10322@thune.mrc-home.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33L.0111192340500.4079-100000@imladris.surriel.com> <Pine.LNX.4.33.0111200344080.1395-100000@behemoth.ts.ray.fi> <20011119194354.A10322@thune.mrc-home.com> <E1661rR-0001Vl-00@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <E1661rR-0001Vl-00@localhost>
On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 07:46:13PM -0800, Ryan Cumming wrote:
> On November 19, 2001 19:43, you wrote:
> > What are unintented consequences for not removing it?
> >
> > I.e., backups.
> It already has the "Don't back me up" attribute set ('d'), and I've come
> across absolutely no problems running my system with it lurking in my root
> directory.
Which, as I understand it, only applies to dump for ext2fs.
Dump does not reliably work with live file systems with 2.4.x Linus
has even gone on record stating that he does not approve that approach, so
don't expect that to change.
What versions of gtar, star, find|cpio, amanda, or whatever, know how to
handle the `d' attribute?
mrc
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-11-20 4:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-11-19 23:43 Patrick Mau
2001-11-19 23:55 ` Ryan Cumming
2001-11-20 1:20 ` Tommi Kyntola
2001-11-20 1:28 ` Ryan Cumming
2001-11-20 1:37 ` Tommi Kyntola
2001-11-20 1:41 ` Rik van Riel
2001-11-20 1:48 ` Tommi Kyntola
2001-11-20 3:43 ` Mike Castle
2001-11-20 3:46 ` Ryan Cumming
2001-11-20 4:05 ` Mike Castle [this message]
2001-11-20 4:14 ` Ryan Cumming
2001-11-22 20:41 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2001-11-20 1:55 ` Ryan Cumming
2001-11-20 19:19 ` Andreas Dilger
2001-11-22 8:48 ` Allan Sandfeld
2001-11-23 19:49 ` Mike Fedyk
2001-11-22 20:39 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
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