tar can also take a device or NFS share as its destination, I don't remember the exact syntax so check the docs (or if I have some time I'll do it later and post what I find). On Monday November 12, 2001 12:43 am, you wrote: > Here is how it works. > Tar is smart enough to not add an archive to itself. This will work: > tar cvpf /tmp/foo.tar / > If you want the tar under /mnt then do something like this: > mount /dev/hdxx /mnt > cd /mnt > tar cvplf backup.tar / > or > tar czvplf mnt.tar / > > c means create. v be verbose. p save/restore permitions. l stay in local > filesystem i.e. do not cross mountpoints f write archive to a file not > magnetic tape. z pipe the archive through gzip > > Hope this helps.
