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Special file systems

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Special file systems contain dynamic information generated by the operating system; they contain no data or files. The backup-archive client ignores special file systems and their contents.

Special file systems include the following:

  • the /proc file system on most of the UNIX platforms
  • the /dev/fd file system on Solaris
  • the /dev/pts on Linux®