backup and hidden files in tar
Bruno Santos
bvsantos at hal.min-saude.pt
Thu Jul 22 16:26:20 UTC 2004
Bruno Santos wrote:
> J.L. Coenders wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> How do I include backup and hidden files in my tar archives? I want a
>> complete backup of my home directory, including all settings.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> - Jeroen
>>
>>
>>
>>
> Try man tar
>
Or, try tar -zcvf destination_file.tar.gz (not in the same directory, or
will enter in a loop) /home/files_to_backup
cheers
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