Re: [gentoo-user] Writing a bash script or thinking about it anyway.

[Francisco Ares <frares@gmail.com>]

I probably didn't  get the point, but what about a simple "tar"?

#! /bin/bash
tar -cjvpf /tmp/home.tbz /home
mv /tmp/home.tbz /some/where/else

unless you're thinking on incremental back up, and more sophisticated things.

Francisco

On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 1:22 AM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Me again.  I'm thinking about writing a bash script that backs up my /home
> directory.  I found a guide but before I read all that stuff and muddy up
> the waters, is this thing current and will it work fine with the bash Gentoo
> uses?  Links to a even better guide would be good too.  The guide I found is
> here:
>
> http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/
>
> I'm going to try to do this myself but as most of you know, it takes me a
> bit to grasp things.  I may be back for advice on this as well.  Who knows,
> maybe one day I can be a dev.  LOL  Well, most likely not really but anyway.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Dale
>
> :-)  :-)
>
>



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