Re: [newbie] How to TAR directory

[Paul]

On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, KompuKit wrote:

>How would I use the command TAR...
>to compress the  /etc/  directory...
>
>so I can back it up...on another drive?

This would work (would make a copy to /mnt/etcbackup):

(cd /etc && tar cpf - .) | (cd /mnt/etcbackup && tar xpf -)

Paul

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