Re: [BackupPC-users] Filesystem separation

[John G. <jgo...@co...>]

Rob Owens <rowens <at> ptd.net> writes:

> One reason I always specify the --one-file-system argument for rsync is
> that prevents me from accidentally backing up an NFS share.  Since I use
> BackupPC for all the computers on my LAN, the data in the NFS share gets
> backed up when I back up the server that is hosting/exporting the share.
> 
> Same thing goes for the occasional fuse share.  In particular, I've
> started using encfs and I certainly wouldn't want a copy of my encrypted
> data to get backed up unencrypted, just because BackupPC happened to be
> running when I had an encrypted volume mounted.

That is a reasonable point, and a good idea.  I'm used to doing that with other
backup software as well.  But I'm still not understanding why the manual says a
*restore* is easier.

-- John