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Re: about tar backup



Nevruz Mesut Sahin:
> 
> so I want to get all backup under /www  then I tried
> 
> tar cvf /www/       (but does not work  gives error)
> tar: Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive
> Try `tar --help' or `tar --usage' for more information.

The 'f' option has to be followed directly by the name of the filename
of the tar archive. Just like

tar cvf /srv/backup/www-backup.tar /www

J.
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