Re: [Re: TAR command question ]

1999-02-02 Thread Stephan Engelke
Hi there, On Mon, Feb 01, 1999 at 07:22:57PM +1100, Jiri Baum wrote: > > Note that if you want to use this on a non-Debian system, some versions of > tar don't take the "z" switch. In that case, compress or gzip separately. It's only GNU tar that supports the -z switch. On onther systems use: g

Re: [Re: TAR command question ]

1999-02-02 Thread Jiri Baum
Hello, > tar czf /path/to/archive.tar.gz /path/to/directory Note that if you want to use this on a non-Debian system, some versions of tar don't take the "z" switch. In that case, compress or gzip separately. Jiri

Re: [Re: TAR command question ]

1999-01-30 Thread Bill Bell
Thanks, I am reading more into the command than I needed. olly@lfix.co.uk wrote: Bill Bell wrote: >Could someone give me a tar command that I can use to backup my Debian 2.0 >system to a compressed file? I will ftp this backup file to another system >after it has been written. > >I hav

Re: TAR command question

1999-01-30 Thread Oliver Elphick
Bill Bell wrote: >Could someone give me a tar command that I can use to backup my Debian 2.0 >system to a compressed file? I will ftp this backup file to another system >after it has been written. > >I have RTFM for tar, but after several tries, I have not created a file that > I

TAR command question

1999-01-30 Thread Bill Bell
Could someone give me a tar command that I can use to backup my Debian 2.0 system to a compressed file? I will ftp this backup file to another system after it has been written. I have RTFM for tar, but after several tries, I have not created a file that I trust. Thanks in advanced, Bill Bell __