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



On Thu, 08 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> > So, what would I type to archive a users's entire home directory into a
> > tar.gz?
> 
> tar cdf <tarfile>.tar <dirname>; gzip <tarfile>.tar; \
> mv <tarfile>.tar.gz /dev/fd0
 

tar cvz <homedir>/* > <filename>.tar.gz  will do the same thing...


Eric 

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