tar --listed-incremental

2004-02-22 Thread Ric Otte
Hi, I'm trying to use tar for incremental backups. After reading what I could find on the web, it looks as if I need to use the --listed-incremental option. With this option tar creates a file that keeps track of the changes. So if (in /home/ric) I type: tar -cvf /mnt/BACKUP1

Re: tar --listed-incremental

2004-02-22 Thread Ric Otte
Sorry, I mistyped. Instead of ..For each incremental backup, I then type: tar -xvf /mnt/BACKUP1 --listed-incremental=LIST Instead, I should have typed: tar -xvf /mnt/BACKUP2 ..listed-incremental=LIST Ric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of