From: Rob O. <ro...@bi...> - 2007-10-17 13:41:52
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Rob Owens wrote: > > 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 I did not find any recursive hard links. By the way, while my server cpu is maxed out, I do not see any appreciable amount of network traffic between the server and the host. Any other ideas? -Rob |