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From: samlb@magellan.arc.nasa.gov (Samuel B. Bassett)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: tar help
Keywords: tar, SUN unix 4.2
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Date: 1 Jul 89 23:38:23 GMT
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	Simple:

	cd ~
	mkdir tmp
	cd tmp
	tar cvf GUGU.tar ..
	mv GUGU.tar <wherever>
	cd ..
	rmdir tmp

	Actually, the last parameter (directory to archive) can be
anything -- you could say:

	cd ~
	tar cvf bin.tar /bin

and it would happily tar the contents of /bin into your directory
(presuming, of course, that your quota is big enough).

:-)  So you expected TFM to be in English, and useful?  Nu?  :-)


Sam'l Bassett, Sterling Software @ NASA Ames Research Center, 
Moffett Field CA 94035 Work: (415) 694-4792;  Home: (415) 454-7282
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