On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 21:36, Jamie Dobbs wrote: > I would like to set up a simple "backup script" that will tar/gzip the > contents of the ~/Maildir directories of several users on one of my > Linux boxes. > What is the best way to do this so that I preserve ownership/groups etc. > so that when I need to restore it is a trivial process? Keep in mind > that each ~/Maildir can have multiple hidden sub-directories. man find man cpio man gzip
you can do it with tar, but imho cpio is _far_ more convenient. -- C. S.
