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Question #248689 on Duplicity changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/duplicity/+question/248689

edso proposed the following answer:
On 15.05.2014 12:21, A.M. wrote:
> Question #248689 on Duplicity changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/duplicity/+question/248689
> 
> A.M. posted a new comment:
> mknod: /tmp/temp/dev/zfs: Operation not permitted
> Error 'Error running ['mknod', '/tmp/temp/dev/zfs', 'c', '0', '138']' processing                                                                                         dev/zfs
> 
> 
> I get this error quite a lot with different files in /dev/ . Then it aborts :/ Any ideas why?
> 

yes, you forgot to exclude /dev , probably /proc as well ..these are
unix system folders with "special" files. no use in backing them up.
search the net if you want to find out why it'd be a bad idea idea to
try to back them up.

..ede/duply.net

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