Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 17:01:44 +1000 From: "Peter Ranger" <grievous@powerup.com.au> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Tar Message-ID: <000801c01bbe$25e0ce80$0201010a@poida>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C01C11.F678AF60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable hello,=20 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 ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C01C11.F678AF60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>hello, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I am a 16 year old student, and I am = currently=20 setting up a home network. I am trying to set up one of the = computers for=20 a backup machine. This machine has a tape drive in it. I was = wondering how=20 to use tar to back up entire folders and files to the tape = drive.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I need to be able to back up one = directory that=20 contains numerous other directories containing files, could you please = email me=20 with the syntax on how to use tar for this purpose.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thank you</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Peter Ranger</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C01C11.F678AF60-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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