You have to tell it what to tar and where to tar it to. tar -cfz test.tar /home/test/.
Tony. -----Original Message----- From: HaywireMac [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 10:51 AM To: Mandrake Newbs Subject: [newbie] How long to create a large tar.gz I want back up a directory to an archive for my upcoming big wipe for 9.2. The directory is about 630MB, and I left it going for 4.5 hours creating a tar.bz2, still wasn't done when I got up this AM. Is it faster (but less compression) just to do tar.gz? How long should it take? I was using ROX Archive, which basically just calls the command line arguments. I read "man tar" but I can't for the life of me figure out what arguments to use to create a tar.gz. Do I have to specify a destination file or just: tar -cz homestuff? -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Only that in you which is me can hear what I'm saying. -- Baba Ram Dass -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either Tony S. Sykes or the postmaster <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com <http://www.bcpsoftware.com/>
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