Thanks to all who responded. Sometimes ya' just need to have someone
point ya' in the right direction...  8^E)

Ian Marchak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>
>> Hello All,
>> 
>> What is the correct syntax to back up a directory and all
>> subdirectories
>> to a tar.gz  file on another partition.
>
>tar zcvf /path/to/tarfile.tar.gz /dir_to_backup
>
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