here's how i would do it
this will make the archive
tar -cf <filename for arcive (ie myarchive.tar)> /path/to/directory/or/file
this will compress the arvhice
the -9 = best for space compression
gzip -9 <filename of archive (ie myarchive.tar)>
then copy that .tar.gz file to your other dirve.
On Tuesday 24 April 2001 11:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, 1stFlight wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > I want to tar and compress my home directory to another drive can anyone
> > tell me a good command line instruction to use for this?
>
> Oh, for heaven's sake. If you _mean_ compress,
>
> tar -cZf /path/to/other/drive directory
>
> if you mean gzip, that's -czf, if you mean bzip2, -cyf
>
> really, man tar is not a bad man page. Or try [p]info tar for a gentler
> introduction.
>
> Lawson
> ---cut here
>
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