Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ?
On Wed, 5 May 2021 10:36:53 -0500
David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
> [W]hy are there dotfiles in /etc/ anyway.
> (.git/, .java/, .etckeeper, .gitignore are the others.) What are they
> hiding from?
Indeed. And shouldn't one be backing them up?
I see that amanda has been backing them up and that "add *" in
amrecover does add them to the extract list (phew!). Would other backup
tools catch dotfiles?
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