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I am going to use new tar command w/o cpanel so how do i use the tar command to make backup?

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Make a backup of /home/foo directory (GNU tar version):
Code:
tar -zcvf /tmp/backup.tar.gz /home/foo
OR
Code:
tar -jcvf /tmp/backup.tar.bz2 /home/foo
UNIX tar version:
Code:
tar cvf /tmp/backup.tar /home/foo
See the detailed tutorial for more info:
How do I Compress a Whole Linux or UNIX Directory -> http://www.cyberciti.biz/faqs/2006/0...ux-or-unix.php
and
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faqs/2006/0...gh-network.php
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