I back up my home directory every couple of months (yeah, yeah, I should do it more often). This means I always have to relearn how to use tar, since I forget in the mean-while. What is the best way to tar gz a directory? I'm doing tar -cz dir > dir-2000-08-18.tar.gz Do you have to use the redirection, or is there a way to make tar write output to a file? Thanks, Luke --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org