TAR command question

[Bill Bell <whbell@netscape.net>]

Could someone give me a tar command that I can use to backup my Debian 2.0
system to a compressed file?  I will ftp this backup file to another system
after it has been written.

I have RTFM for tar, but after several tries, I have not created a file that I
trust.

Thanks in advanced,
Bill Bell

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