$target/etc/*group- $target/var/spool/postfix/maildrop/* \
$target/etc/*.old $target/etc/*.original \
$target/etc/lvm/.cache $target/etc/lvm/cache/.cache \
- $target/etc/lvm/backup/main $target/tmp/* \
+ $target/etc/lvm/backup/* $target/tmp/* \
$target/var/tmp/* $target/var/backups/* \
- $target/var/lib/mysql $target/var/log/lilo_log.* $target/core*
+ $target/var/lib/mysql $target/var/log/lilo_log.* $target/core* \
+ $target/etc/blkid.tab
+
+# avoid data leakage into target system
+if ! [ -f "$target/etc/mtab" ]; then
+ echo "/etc/mtab does not exist or is not a regular file, not touching."
+else
+ echo "Removing /etc/mtab"
+ rm -f "$target/etc/mtab"
+fi
# remove only "temporary" or saved files in the given directories
nuke(){