If I wanted to backup a *nx system, am I correct that going across filesystem boundaries would be a no-no? Would utilities like pax
properly handle the jump across them or do I avoid it? If avoid it, what is the best way to do so?
Example 1
Say I had a directory structure like:
/home/1/user1/dir1 -> /home/2/user2/shared_dir1
Where /home/1/
and /home/2/
are separate mount points to different devices.
Can I just use the pax
to recursively backup /home/
correctly?
Example 2
What about:
/home/user1
Where that path has a directory structure beneath plus a mount point /home/mount
.
Can I just use pax
to recursively backup /home/
correctly?