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Date:      Tue, 12 Sep 2000 06:17:25 +1100
From:      Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au>
To:        "Peter Ranger" <grievous@powerup.com.au>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Tar
Message-ID:  <00091206185000.00340@freebsd.freebsd.org>
References:  <000801c01bbe$25e0ce80$0201010a@poida>

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Try the following command to tar a directory
Assuming the folder is called work try

tar cvf work.tar work

Do a man tar

if you want to know how to use tar


On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Peter Ranger wrote:
> >%_hello, 
> I am a 16 year old student, and I am currently setting up a home network.  I am trying to set up one of the computers for a backup machine. This machine has a tape drive in it.  I was wondering how to use tar to back up entire folders and files to the tape drive.
> I need to be able to back up one directory that contains numerous other directories containing files, could you please email me with the syntax on how to use tar for this purpose.
> 
> Thank you
> Peter Ranger
> 

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