Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 23:18:52 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <markov@globalnet.co.uk> To: Paul MacKenzie <pc.mackenzie@utoronto.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: TAR Question On Free-BSD Message-ID: <19990607231852.D255@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990607180632.009f9ac0@mail.elehost.com>; from Paul MacKenzie on Mon, Jun 07, 1999 at 06:08:36PM -0400 References: <4.1.19990607180632.009f9ac0@mail.elehost.com>
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On Mon, Jun 07, 1999 at 06:08:36PM -0400, Paul MacKenzie wrote:
> I know this is a really stupid question but I do not have the time to
> figure this out as it is an emergency,
>
> How do i Create a TAR file on a server as a file (not going to a Tape
> Drive) on a particular directory?
>
> Ie I want to back up the /usr directory and save it in a TAR file called
> usr.tar
>
tar cvf /tmp/usr.tar /usr
or, if you want it compressed:
tar zcvf /tmp/usr.tar /usr
Note that tar(1) will strip the leading ``/'', i.e. the files in
the archive will be of the form ``usr/path/file''.
HTH
> PLEASE HELP! Please provide switches, etc...
>
> Thanks a million for any assistance (as I know this is very basic and I
> feel like an idiot)
>
> Paul
>
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