tar -czf tarball.tar directory/ directory/ the -f flag is what you wanted. Adam Maloney Systems Administrator Sihope Communications On Fri, 18 Aug 2000, Luke Francl wrote: > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org