oh, tarballing is the process of taking files/directories and balling them up in one file (tar) and the compressing them (usually gzip)
this can be all done with a single command to tar. this is the file you normally see when you download source code from the internet (.tar.gz) > tar also maintains the uid/gid and permission information < Here. Read this. It's quiet colorful. I got it off google: http://lantech.geekvenue.net/chucktips/jason/chuck/994016279/index_html Tom Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Re: [luau] Next up, back up I think you're giving my brain too much credit. What is tarballing and how does it relate to back ups? On Monday, October 6, 2003, at 10:49 PM, Tom_Gordon/RISE/[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What's so tough about tarballing? > >> It is common to find tarball/cpio scripts that archive modified files >> only. Transfering to the other server is the hardest choice. >> ftpcopy, >> rsyc and nfs are all options, but... > > As I read your comment it occurred to me that we don't have to backup > to another machine. We can just back up to another directory. Our > mirrored drives provide enough safety, right? > > So, is there an EASY solution for us? _______________________________________________ LUAU mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau
