I've got a really simple backup script which goes like this:
tar -rvf backup$1.tar java/projects
tar -rvf backup$1.tar .mozilla
tar -rvf backup$1.tar bin
echo "compress the whole thing .... "
tar -czvf backup$1.gz.tar backup$1.tar
Basically I am using -r (the append option) to backup some directories
and then I do a compress on the uncompressed file at the end. tar won't
let me append and compress at the same time.
However a side-effect of this is in Windows - I transfer the backups
across to another machine running Windows - when I open the tar file in
winzip, I then see the uncompressed tar inside the compressed tar, so I
then have to open that too.
Is there a better way to do this, avoiding the side effect with winzip?
For instance, writing a list of files to a temp file and then piping it
all into tar in one go? Example commands of some such strategy would be
great!
Thanks
Adam
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