[H-GEN] Hardware Upgrade

Robert Brockway robert at timetraveller.org
Mon Jan 6 23:22:57 EST 2003


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On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, David Jericho wrote:

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> On Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 09:55:24PM -0500, Jason Parker-Burlingham wrote:
> > Excluding directories?  Ffft.  It's much simpler to tell the software
> > not to cross mount points, and then prune as necessary.
>
> My personal experience is that telling software not to cross mount
> points is quirky. It works sometimes, and not others.

When it comes to tar I've found it works fine.

Cheers,
	-Rob

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