Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 01:39:34 -0800 From: "Crist J . Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Philip Pereira <info@wintellect.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tar archive Message-ID: <20020116013934.M31328@blossom.cjclark.org> In-Reply-To: <005301c19e70$8b6eba60$b09401d4@wintellect.com>; from info@wintellect.co.uk on Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 09:31:06AM -0000 References: <005301c19e70$8b6eba60$b09401d4@wintellect.com>
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On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 09:31:06AM -0000, Philip Pereira wrote:
> Hey "smart-ones-of-FreeBSD"
>
> I have a question regarding the "tar" command.
>
> I am able to archive all files within a folder and create a resultant tar file on my hard disk. However, how do I create a tar file which stores all files in a folder, including sub-folders,
That's how tar works.
> For example, how would I create a tar archive for the entire "/usr" folder, including sub-folders and files - so that restoration of that archive would restore all files in the /usr folder in their correct location or sub-folder.
# cd /usr; tar cf /var/tmp/usr.tar .
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