Backup, what system files are *really* important?

[Mike McCarty]

Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> 
> I back up all of /etc and /usr/local. Also /opt if it exists.

Is /opt really likely to contain some configuration information
that a reinstall wouldn't set up? ISTM that, if the system
is "modern" enough to use /opt for its install, then its config
would also be in /var. Not so?

Mike
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