From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 7 15: 9:18 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from bureau6.utcc.utoronto.ca (bureau6.utcc.utoronto.ca [128.100.132.16]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF46D14E9C for ; Mon, 7 Jun 1999 15:09:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from pc.mackenzie@utoronto.ca) Received: from cgowave-45-163.cgocable.net ([24.226.45.163] HELO pauler.homer.com ident: TIMEDOUT [port 1190]) by bureau6.utcc.utoronto.ca with SMTP id <178262-22539>; Mon, 7 Jun 1999 18:09:02 -0400 Message-Id: <4.1.19990607180632.009f9ac0@mail.elehost.com> X-Sender: pc.mackenzie@mailbox21.utcc.utoronto.ca X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 18:08:36 -0400 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Paul MacKenzie Subject: TAR Question On Free-BSD Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I know this is a really stupid question but I do not have the time to figure this out as it is an emergency, How do i Create a TAR file on a server as a file (not going to a Tape Drive) on a particular directory? Ie I want to back up the /usr directory and save it in a TAR file called usr.tar PLEASE HELP! Please provide switches, etc... Thanks a million for any assistance (as I know this is very basic and I feel like an idiot) Paul To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message