Re: [BackupPC-users] small backup maxes out cpu and never finishes

[Rob O. <ro...@bi...>]

Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote:
> On 10/16 11:30 , Rob Owens wrote:
>> I'm backing up /etc, /home, and /usr/local.  The trouble is with /etc,
>> because if I choose to only back up /home and /usr/local it works fine.
> 
> got a recursive link in there somewhere? Maybe check for this using a 'find'
> command, and see where the links go to.
> 
> find /etc/ -type l -exec ls -l {} \;
> 
> this will produce a huge output; but grep -v is your friend.
> 

Thanks, I'll give it a try when I'm home tonight.  I'd be surprised if
there is a recursive link, because I really never ever change anything
on that machine (it's a web server).  It does get automatic updates,
though, so maybe that broke something.

-Rob