And my example tar command is probably not the most advisable. Better to do something like: tar -cjpf /tmp/karen.tbz ../karen/ You want a tar archive file that will create a directory when you uncompress and copy all your files into that directory. Luke Davis writes: > A word to Karen: if you do any of the tarish things discussed in this > thread, be certain to delete the backup archive, after it has completed > its transit. /tmp is only cleared on reboot, and that usually only > happens 1.5 times per year. > > On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Janina Sajka wrote: > > >Yes, this is useful. It's probably beyond what she needs to be concerned > >about, but certainly useful. > > > >Luke Davis writes: > >>On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Janina Sajka wrote: > >> > >>>600 certainly does help. Can you build a tar and chmod at the same time? > >> > >>Hmm, an interesting question. There are two ways to test this idea, which > >>I will now attempt... > >> > >>Starting the tar process in one window (using screen), and in another > >>listing the file in /tmp, shows, 644. Doing a chmod to 600, while the tar > >>is still in progress, then listing the file again, shows 600. So that > >>solution appears to work, as would, of course, backgrounding the tar > >>process, and changing the mode. > >> > >>The other method: > >> > >>touch /tmp/ldtf.tbz > >>chmod 600 /tmp/ldtf.tbz > >>tar --bzip2 -cf /tmp/ldtf.tbz ~/ > >> > >>also acomplishes the task of keeping the file private, so I suppose the > >>answer is yes, in all possible ways. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Chair Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org Phone: +1 202.494.7040
