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Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 18:06:14 -0700 (PDT)
From: Brian Whalen <bri@sonicboom.org>
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Subject: Re: tar question
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I use this to make a file named date.tar in /usr/local/backup of the
/usr/home partition.

tar cvf /usr/local/backup/`date "+%Y-%m-%d"`.tar /usr/home

Brian "Sonic" Whalen
Success = Preparation + Opportunity


On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, Andre Cameron wrote:

> If I wanted to tar a whole directory and it subdirectories/files for download what is the command/switches I would use?
>


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