On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:24:34 -0700 Joe Zeff wrote: > sudo tar -cjf marcia.tar.bz2 /home/marcia > Assuming that > the username hasn't changed and that I've put the backup in the same > place that I made it, what arguments to I give tar to make it put > everything back exactly where it was? I ask because I once got it wrong > and ended up with everything in a subdirectory instead of where it > belonged, and I'd rather Get It Right the first time. The problem you're going to run into is the initial / that you used before home/marcia when you created the tarball. Tar won't restore the initial / so when you extract the files they will end up in home/marcia under whatever directory you're currently in at that time. The easiest solution is to extract the tarball and move (with the mv command) the marcia directory into /home on completion. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~ www.melvilletheatre.com www.creekfm.com - FIFTY THOUSAND WATTS of POW WOW POWER! -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
