Re: [cobalt-users] Tar command

["Steve Werby" <steve-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Simon Pierce" <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I want to back up everything in the home/sites directory on my RaQ3 to a
Tar
> file. I know this isn't a Cobalt specific question, but please could
> somebody tell me what tar command to use to back up all the files in those
> directories while retaining all file attributes:
>
> - retaining the directory structure
> - retaining the file permissions
> - retaining the file ownership

## Create archive.
cd /home/sites
tar -cpvz -f /path_to/backup.tar.gz *

## Extract archive.
# Make sure users and owners are created first.
cd /home/sites
tar -xfpvz /path_to/backup.tar.gz

It's a good idea to test first.  I find the best way is to create a
temporary directory in /home/tmp or create a parallel directory /home/sites2
and test there to make sure you're comfortable.

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