I could use a simple data backup do store nothing but a /data directory in my /home/me/data. I would like to compress (tar, I guess) it on floppies (I don't have a whole lot of data-.maybe 10 meg uncompressed) and be prompted when to change the floppies. Is there a utility for that?
Thanks. Andy On Sat, 2002-02-02 at 20:20, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > On Saturday 02 February 2002 18:28, you wrote: > > Mike, > > I know how bad it can be when you're starting from ground zero. I had the > same problems when I had to learn IBM Dos version 2 from scratch by myself. > > The syntax can be arcane and hard to understand at times. Plus, the man > pages are not oriented to new users. The best source of information for new > users are HOWTO resources, which list concrete real world examples, put forth > in no nonsense easy to understand format. I appreciate these resources > greatly because I did not have them 15 years ago when I got a generous crash > course by an asshole administrator. > > There are many HOWTO's, but after checking I found precious little in the way > of tar information. This was a little disturbing, as tar is a heavily used > resource in the UNIX world. On discovering this, I empathized with your > situation even more. > > To access this information locally on your system, assuming you've got a > Mandrake system and I don't have any reason to assume otherwise, put the > following in your browser: > > file:/usr/share/doc/HOWTO/HTML/en/index.html > > If by chance the docs are not installed, go to the following net resource: > > www.linuxdoc.org > > Since this is a new user's list, there should'nt be any subscribers that have > any misplaced preconceptions concerning a list member's foreknowledge about > anything regarding Mandrake Linux. > > Having said that, your original question concerned backup programs. That in > itself tells us alot about what you are asking. First, whenever you are > talking about a script or utility that does backups, it's generally desirable > to be able to grab everything in a given location, plus save permissions and > ownership information; not to mention the hidden .dotdirs. That's generally > what backup programs do. If you tend to back your stuff up to CDRW like I > do, you might want to make a tar.gz archive of your directory. In my case, I > like to save the home user's directory to a tar.gz archive, then put it on > CDRW temporarily until I've upgraded the system to the next latest distro. > The following command will save everything unilaterally and keep all > ownership and permissions information verbatim: > > cd /home > tar -zxpvf /tmp/storage/home_dir.tar.gz * > > If you then want to view what you've done after you complete this, you go to > the /tmp/storage directory and type: > > tar -ztpvf home_dir.tar.gz > > This doesn't do anything but pull a list of what's in the archive. The "z" > option on the tar command line tells the program to process the archive with > gzip, which gives it a respectable compression; saving you alot of space. > > Hope this gets you started. Email again if you've got further questions. > > LX > > > shane wrote: > > > tar springs to mind......... > > > > If I knew how to use tar to backup / or /home > > > > I would not have asked the question. > > > > would you mind to tell me how to do this ? > > > > > > Just smugly saying tar ( Duh ) springs to mind, doesn't really answer > > the question. > > > > For anyone reading this , most of us when we ask a question , we mean > > > > Ok, HOW do you do that? > > > > Mike > > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > ------------=_1012702969-31383-139 > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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