Rsync backup to tar or gzip archive

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Julian Underwood wrote:
> Hello List,
> 
> I am wanting to backup my Linux machine at work using Rsync.  I have a
> mounted SMB share which it will be backing up to.  I would like to rsync
> "into" an archive, so the backup is all in one file.  I've done some
> googling and haven't found a real clear way to do an rsync backup into
> either a tar or gzip archive.
> 
> Does anyone have a couple of one-liners or links they could recommend?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Julian
> 
> 
Why do you want to use rsync for this? Are you doing something
that you can not do using the -u option of tar or the -f option
or zip? If so, you may want to look at standard backup software.

Mikkel
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