[Evolution] Backing up.

D. D. Brierton darren at dzr-web.com
Mon Mar 8 08:39:09 UTC 2004


On Mon, 2004-03-08 at 01:04, J. Kelley Jernigan wrote:
> BTW, exactly what format would this command take to tar the folder?
> Please excuse the dumb questions but there is so much I don't know about
> Linux.

I don't think I understand the question. What do you mean by "what
format"? tar is a command which takes a bunch of files and puts them in
a single archive file whilst preserving their file attributes.

> I tried just burning the folder to a CD-ROM but that didn't work.

What didn't work? Your questions aren't "dumb" but they are a bit
unspecific.

Best, Darren

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