* O'Smith (penguin0601@earthlink.net) [030511 05:29]: ->I have a question now since the discussion mentions tar. Well actually ->I have two, but I'll put them both in one. ;o) -> ->If you do tar your home, as you mention, will that also gather up all ->the dot files (hidden) as well and when you bring the tar file back to ->decompress, will it overwrite all those newly created duplicate files & ->directories or error out? -> What I use to do prior to having a CDR is to tar up my home directory..do the work I needed to do and then untar it in /tmp so that I could move the files and directories over that I needed. It's a bit of a PITA but if there is something new that needs not to be overwritten then it helps. Other wise if one tars up the "bob" directory in this case then untars it over the skel bob directory that's created when the new install is done it should overwrite those files. Then the user should have the same setup as before. It's really a matter of taste as far as how it's done. -- Ben Rosenberg ---===---===---===--- mailto:ben@whack.org The IQ and the life expectancy of the average American recently passed each other going in the opposite direction.