Need Urgent Help

[Michael Horton]

Matthew Galgoci wrote:
>>Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 10:21:37 -0500
>>From: Michael Horton <Michael.Horton at acntv.com>
>>Reply-To: redhat-sysadmin-list at redhat.com
>>To: redhat-sysadmin-list at redhat.com
>>Subject: Re: Need Urgent Help
>>
>>man tar
>>
>>please read the sunamangers faq.
>>
>>Sudip Niyogi wrote:
>>
>>>Hello,
>>> 
>>>I am comparitively new to System Administration, I have been asked to 
>>>take a backup of the /home directory using tar and burn the tarball on a 
>>>DVD.
>>> 
>>>Can somebody please tell me how should I do this? Also can I tar the 
>>>/home when users are working on their respective home folders?
> 
> 
> Editor's note: I let this post through even though this person is not subscribed.
> 
> Michael, maybe we need such a faq put together for this list. You want to draft a 
> strawman and post it for comments?
> 
sorry...i thought i resonding to a different message.
(too little coffee, too much work, too little me.)


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