Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!apple!sun-barr!rutgers!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!lamont!fritzz From: fritzz@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu (fritz zaucker) Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386 Subject: find in ISC 2.02 Keywords: ISC Message-ID: <2618@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu> Date: 25 Jul 90 21:37:36 GMT Organization: Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory N.Y. Lines: 10 I use find to backup my system (together with cpio or afio). I have a couple of mounted file systems, which I don't want to backup. Therefore I used the -local switch to find. This works fine. Unfortunately there is one very huge file system mounted (/usr/spool/news). Because of that, find spents a very long time in looking through this directory tree. Is there a way to prevent that (except unmounting it)? Thanks Fritz