>
>
> I'm trying to archive my working directory and the sub folders with tar.
>
> I run the following...
>
> cd /home/httpd/html
> tar cvfM `find . print` > backup.tar
>
> but it gives me errors and then stops.
>
> ideas?
I hate tars that have plain files in them. :) When I open a tar, I want
_one_ thing. A directory.
The best way to do this is:
cd /home/httpd/
tar -cf ~/html.tar html
or, if you want tar to gzip it as it goes:
tar -czf ~/html.tar.gz html
-bill!
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