2.0.30+: "local" or why doesn't tar -l and cp -x work?

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Tue, 6 May 1997 18:17:15 -0400

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I want to NOT include /proc when I am using tar to back things up, but
specifying the -l switch still will backup every mounted filesystem.
What is wrong with both tar and cp, or libc, or with the kernel such that
this doesn't work?

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