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From: stephan@forthdv.pfm-mainz.de (Stephan Forth)
Subject: Re: simple question about tar
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Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 22:41:39 GMT
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Bill Wilson (atijapan@gol.com) wrote:

: With bsdi it's simply tar -cvf /public_html, but I am getting "can't
: open directory" errors with the same command in freebsd.

try: tar cvf <device/or file>  <directory you want to tar>

e.g. tar cvf /dev/rst0 /home

to tar all of your home directories to the (scsi) tape.

Regards, Stephan
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