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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in3.uu.net!128.230.129.106!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.mathworks.com!fu-berlin.de!unlisys!blackbush.xlink.net!pegasus.PFM-Mainz.de!forthdv.pfm-mainz.de!stephan From: stephan@forthdv.pfm-mainz.de (Stephan Forth) Subject: Re: simple question about tar X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 BETA-950824-color PL0] Lines: 16 Organization: Forth EDV Beratung+Schulung Message-ID: <E5xB1F.nqE@forthdv.pfm-mainz.de> References: <330BCCCA.2A16@gol.com> Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 22:41:39 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35850 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 -- FORTH EDV Beratung + Schulung stephan@forthdv.pfm-mainz.de Martin-Luther-Str. 55 voice: +49 6131 581072 55131 Mainz, Germany fax: +49 6131 581073