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Re: [TCLUG:20534] taring stuff (what's the best way)
tar -czf tarball.tar directory/ directory/
the -f flag is what you wanted.
Adam Maloney
Systems Administrator
Sihope Communications
On Fri, 18 Aug 2000, Luke Francl wrote:
> I back up my home directory every couple of months (yeah, yeah, I should
> do it more often). This means I always have to relearn how to use tar,
> since I forget in the mean-while.
>
> What is the best way to tar gz a directory? I'm doing
>
> tar -cz dir > dir-2000-08-18.tar.gz
>
> Do you have to use the redirection, or is there a way to make tar write
> output to a file?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Luke
>
>
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