Chris. Thanks. I ass-u-me-d that TAR did all that. Funky unix. :-) I tried this and seems to work. (this was done on a Cobalt RAQ2 with its funky MIPS chip).
tar --create -verbose --file=filename.tar directoryname (I just had to be in the directory above the one I want to tar up. ( ie be in /etc/ to do /etc/postfix.) this I just did a gzip filename.tar and I get filename.tar.gz I was then able to tar -xvzf the file after uploading it elsewere. So I guess its working. Thanks Mark "doing the funky unix dance" . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 10:50 AM Subject: [IMGate] Re: OT > > M.D. DeWar wrote: > > > I want to tar my postfix directory, > > I can get it to tar (from the tar website) > > tar --create --verbose --file=postifx.tar > > > > but after that I can't open it. > > tells me that its not gzip type. > > > > I know I am missing something but not sure what since I have only untarred > > programs never tarred anything. > > You didn't specify the switch to gzip it--it is just a tar archive. > > Here's the command I use to back up selected directories to gzip'd tar archive: > > tar zcvf dailybkup.tar.gz -T backupdirs.txt -C / > > man tar to make sure your supports the -C switch. > > Then, in backupdirs.txt list the absolute paths (one per line) you want to > backup. e.g: > > /etc/postfix > > > -- > Chris Scott > Host Orlando, Inc > http://www.hostorlando.com/ >
