Re: [TCLUG:18702] SQOTD (simple Q. of the day)

["Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net>]

tar cvzf homedir.tar.gz *

Tom Veldhouse
veldy@veldy.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Timothy Wilson <wilson@visi.com>
To: TCLUG <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 11:47 AM
Subject: [TCLUG:18702] SQOTD (simple Q. of the day)


> Hey everyone,
> 
> I've got a couple kids would did some C++ programming on my Linux server
> this spring. Now they'd like to take all of their files home with them. I
> want to tar and gzip them, but I can't get the tar command options right.
> ('man tar' didn't help any) My last effort resulting in many pages of
> garbage popping out of laser
> printer.
> 
> So, what would I type to archive a users's entire home directory into a
> tar.gz?
> 
> -Tim
> 
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