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gnu tar
From: |
Neal Weissman |
Subject: |
gnu tar |
Date: |
Tue, 10 Apr 2001 09:54:21 -0400 (EDT) |
i'm still a confused newbie... although i am reading the gnu tar manual
[GNU tar: an archiver tool//version 1.12 .. 24 april 1997], i still can't
see the forest in the trees.
to wit: i don't understand what tar accomplishes. why would i want to tar
a directory before i store it, rather than just store it, assuming i DO
NOT USE COMPRESS.
thus, why would i want to tar my home directory before i store it [again,
assuming that i do not compress it]
i'm probably not making sense because this is "a next question" and yet i
never see it addressed.
thanks for your help.
/s/ neal weissman
- gnu tar,
Neal Weissman <=