On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 11:17:46AM +0800, Maynard B. Fernando wrote: > to compress: tar -zcvf name_of_the_file.tar.gz * > to uncompress: tar -zxvf name_of_the_file.tar.gz
I suggest you add the 'p' switch as well, to preserve permissions and ownerships. That is, after all, the problem Jim is trying to solve. tar -zcvpf /path/to/name_of_the_file.tar.gz /var/www (to compress and archive) tar -zxvpf /path/to/name_of_the_file.tar.gz (to restore from the archive) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Hale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Mailing List - Red Hat (Co)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 11:11 AM > Subject: Archiving Folders > > > > How would I compress/archive a set of folders into one file? > > > > I mean, what I'd like to do is archive the COMPLETE contents of my > > /var/www folder (including all folders, subfolders, users/groups, > > read/write access etc) so that I can copy the file to another machine > > for backing up to tape with my other stuff. > > > > I have been using Samba to map to the folder, but when I copy stuff over > > to my Win2K backup machine, if something crashes on the Linux box and I > > have to copy stuff back, I'm having to reset user/groups and their > > permissions to the folders and files. > > > > I want a file that I can copy back to the Linux box, un-archive (with > > paths) so that everything is back to normal in a minimum amount of time. -- Anand Buddhdev Personal site: http://anand.org _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
