On Mon, 2002-06-17 at 19:23, Abner Gershon wrote: > This is very frustrating. I have 3 Linux books that I > have consulted as well as the man page and I can't > figure out how to use tar to back up my /home > directory from where it resides on /dev/hdd to my > other hard drive /dev/hdb7.
Other people have told you how to fix the tar command. One other thing that you may want to consider is a different tool than tar if you plan to regularly backup your home directory to another disk. I'm personally fond of faubackup, which can do incremental backups, and still maintain a mirror of your original directory. Just run it once a day: faubackup /home/abner /mnt/abner -- Dave Carrigan Seattle, WA, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.rudedog.org/ | ICQ:161669680 UNIX-Apache-Perl-Linux-Firewalls-LDAP-C-C++-DNS-PalmOS-PostgreSQL-MySQL -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
