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Re: [TCLUG:20534] taring stuff (what's the best way)



tar -czf output.tar.gz dir1 dir2 ...

Luke Francl <fran0382@tc.umn.edu> writes:

> 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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