Actually, unless GNU tar doesn't require the old tar syntax, it should have an -f to specify the destination file rather than the default tape unit. Anyway, you mentioned something about a CD-RW drive? Is that what you are using?
Regards, Dustin > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Chopin Cusachs > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 4:58 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: backing up dual-boot systems was RE: [brluglist] won't be > abl e to make BRLUG Newbie Hour at February meeting > > > At 03:27 PM 12/28/01 -0600, John Hebert wrote: > >Choppy, > > > >"man tar" :) > > > >Remember that UNIX treats devices as files, so if Linux can see your > >devices, you can tar up one mount to another: > > > >~"tar -cz /mnt/windoze /mnt/tape/backup1.tar.gz" > > > Which being translated, means? Guess there is a blank space > after windoze so it means to use tar to compress (gz) the contents > of windoze to the tape...does tar recognize other compression > algorithyms? > > Choppy > > > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ > ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
