Re: What files to backup

[Rob Owens <rowens@ptd.net>]

On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 09:11:55PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Brad Alexander wrote:
> > Mat Enders wrote:
> > > Is there anything else that should be included.
> 
> I find /var/backups to contain very useful information such as the
> names and versions of all packages that are installed which is useful
> to a recovery.  Here is a minimum list for me.
> 
>   /etc
>   /home
>   /usr/local
>   /var/backups
>   /var/mail
>   /var/spool/cron
> 
> If you use /srv then it would have local data too.
> 
And maybe /opt as well.

-rob