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Re: Why or why not back up "/lost+found"

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Default User (12023-08-10):
> > > And, if /lost+found should be excluded, then shouldn't "lost+found"
> > > in any other directories be excluded from backups as well? Why/why
> > > not? 

> Unfortunately, I regret to say that I did not find that the answer to
> the question(s) about lost+found in the original post were contained in
> the explanation(s) of its function - at least in what I have read so
> far. 

The lost+found directory at the root of the filesystem is special, it is
created when the filesystem is created and set up to receive orphaned
files. A lost+found directory elsewhere… is just a directory with a
wacky name.

Regards,

-- 
  Nicolas George

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Re: Why or why not back up "/lost+found" Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2023-08-10 21:50 +0200
  Re: Why or why not back up "/lost+found" Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com> - 2023-08-10 23:50 +0200
    Re: Why or why not back up "/lost+found" Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2023-08-11 00:10 +0200
      Re: Why or why not back up "/lost+found" Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-08-11 00:30 +0200
      Re: Why or why not back up "/lost+found" Bob McGowan <tumcsv@gmail.com> - 2023-08-11 01:10 +0200
        Re: Why or why not back up "/lost+found" David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-08-11 01:40 +0200
    Re: Why or why not back up "/lost+found" Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com> - 2023-08-11 03:20 +0200
      Re: Why or why not back up "/lost+found" Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-08-11 04:20 +0200

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