Re: Data loss: suggestions for handling
On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 08:04:09AM -0400, Stephen Frost wrote:
> * Matthew Palmer (mpalmer@debian.org) wrote:
> > - dump the old software tables and store the dump somewhere, giving
> > pointers to the dump in all sorts of useful places. But if I put it
> > somewhere temporary (/tmp), it might disappear before the admin
> > realises, and somewhere permanent will chew disk space.
>
> /var/backups. Tell the admin, if they want to clean it up they can.
Hey, look at that. Never knew that existed. Thankyou very much. I think
my problem has been solved.
Again, my thanks.
- Matt
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