piltdown2005 wrote: > tar -cpvfZ backup231204.tar.gz /home Use z, not Z for gzipping the archive.
Also, I usually put the f at the end, so I'm following it up with its required arguement, but I don't know if it's necessary to do it that way. In summary, try this: tar -cpvzf backup231204.tar.gz /home Chad Martin ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $4.98 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Q7_YsB/neXJAA/yQLSAA/0XFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
