Monday, May 24, 2010

Backing up files using Unix?

what is the command/instructions to backup a file onto an external hard drive on a unix machine? thanks in advance.

Backing up files using Unix?
if the username of the computer is Maicia, and your external hard drive mounts at media/usbdrive then you would enter into terminal:





rsync -av /home/Maicia /media/usbdrive
Reply:if you want to compress the file and backup to an external disk





use tar or jar to do this








man tar





man jar


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