17 Oct
2003
17 Oct
'03
13:22
command: tar -cf mybackup.tar /home/myname packs your home dir to one file mybackup.tar. Extraction should be tar -xf mybackup.tar By Marek On Fri, 17 Oct 2003, Donald Henson wrote:
I have been using Linux (SuSE 8.2) for about two months. I need to backup my data. I have looked everywhere I can think of and have not been able to find simple (newbie-level) instructions on how to back up anything. I did find tar and that will work, I suppose, but it has a LOT of options. I thought I saw a gui program either in KDE or Gnome when I first installed Linux but I can't find it now. Would anyone like to take this newbie under his wing and earn his eternal gratitude? :-)
Don Henson