-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 Try: tar -cjvfn file.tar.bz2 /home c=create archive j=compress with bzip2 v=verbose f=write archive to file When you go to extract this, make sure you include -p in your options, which causes it to set protection information (owner and permissions). Joe Christopher Moore wrote: > Hello, > I want to back up my home directory and move it into its own partition. > I'm thinkig of using tar to accomplish this. What flags do I need in > order to preserve the file permissions and dot files? > > Thanks > Chris > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) iD8DBQFGpCPUJ6dqn0mqPbARAwFoAKCQ3QP2uGu9sLX3Y1EmSfxj8VJj2QCgwWu9 Ag/lz4HsUsxe+whTgvCF19w= =ypan -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
