fstab

[Feljav]

What is the funtion of the colum backup frequency in the /etc/fstab?

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

As the manpages for 'fstab(4)' note, "Reserved for possible use by future backup utilities".

Regards!

...JRF...

[Feljav]

I know that but, how I know what number i can put?

[Peter Godron]

Hi,
"backup frequency" is reserved for possible use by future backup utilities.

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[Matti_Kurkela · Accepted solution]

The standard value is 0, which is likely to mean "no backup using this mechanism".

When you install a new backup software, you'll have to design the backup cycles anyway: 0 is the value that will cause the least amount of surprises.

MK