On 2019 Jan 04 12:44:00, you wrote to me:   
      
    HG>>> but can you backup a running system to another (Linux) machine?   
      
    ml>> sure... you might miss some locked files but the majority will be   
    ml>> copied over...   
      
    HG> OK then, but you have to first find out what files are locked.   
      
   that's easy enough... they're recorded in the log as being inaccessible ;)   
      
    HG> Torsten pointed out some in his letter.   
      
   i've never worried about them and was really glad that i had the rsync backup i   
    did when my previous RA/FD/RE system went TITSUP (Total Inability To Support   
   Usual Processing)... it made it a lot easier to be able to carry things forward   
    into the new setup running a completely different package that wasn't cobbled   
   together with shoestrings and bubblegum :)   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
   Always Mount a Scratch Monkey   
   Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it   
   wrong...   
   ... If you don't like getting old, consider the alternative.   
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