Thanks for the info :) I got to use half of it tonight - hopefully I won't need the OTHER half ;)
Jim Hale --- Jim & Kathy's Website Collection http://hale.dyndns.org > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Maynard B. Fernando > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 10:18 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Archiving Folders > > > to compress: tar -zcvf name_of_the_file.tar.gz * > to uncompress: tar -zxvf name_of_the_file.tar.gz > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Hale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Mailing List - Red Hat (Co)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 11:11 AM > Subject: Archiving Folders > > > > How would I compress/archive a set of folders into one file? > > > > I mean, what I'd like to do is archive the COMPLETE contents of my > > /var/www folder (including all folders, subfolders, users/groups, > > read/write access etc) so that I can copy the file to > another machine > > for backing up to tape with my other stuff. > > > > I have been using Samba to map to the folder, but when I copy stuff > > over to my Win2K backup machine, if something crashes on > the Linux box > > and I have to copy stuff back, I'm having to reset user/groups and > > their permissions to the folders and files. > > > > I want a file that I can copy back to the Linux box, > un-archive (with > > paths) so that everything is back to normal in a minimum amount of > > time. > > > > I used to do stuff like this with the DOS version of PkZip > many moons > > ago. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Jim Hale > > --- > > Jim & Kathy's Website Collection > > http://hale.dyndns.org > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/re> dhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
