On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, KompuKit wrote:
How would I use the command TAR...
to compress the /etc/ directory...
so I can back it up...on another drive?
This would work (would make a copy to /mnt/etcbackup):
(cd /etc tar cpf - .) | (cd /mnt/etcbackup tar xpf -)
Paul
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Ron...
It appears to be working quite well.
Thanks for the tip.
"Yacketta,Ronald J" wrote:
tar cvf /tmp/etc.tar /etc
also could zip it up at the same time
tar zcvf /tmp/etc.tgz /etc
Ron
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From: KompuKit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 06,
wow...got this back in 1 minuteIT's FIXED...hurrah
KompuKit wrote:
How would I use the command TAR...
to compress the /etc/ directory...
so I can back it up...on another drive?
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tar cvf /tmp/etc.tar /etc
also could zip it up at the same time
tar zcvf /tmp/etc.tgz /etc
Ron
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From: KompuKit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 10:57 PM
To: Mandrake Linux
Subject: [newbie] How to TAR directory
How would I use the command
