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Merge pull request #2420 from rugk/patch-1

Add --one-file-system note for root backup
enkore 8 years ago
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@@ -358,7 +358,8 @@ Can I backup my root partition (/) with Borg?
 
 Backing up your entire root partition works just fine, but remember to
 exclude directories that make no sense to backup, such as /dev, /proc,
-/sys, /tmp and /run.
+/sys, /tmp and /run, and to use --one-file-system if you only want to
+backup the root partition (and not any mounted devices e.g.).
 
 If it crashes with a UnicodeError, what can I do?
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