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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!odin.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mathworks.com!nntp.primenet.com!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!not-for-mail From: les@MCS.COM (Leslie Mikesell) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: tar / ft command help Date: 23 Jul 1996 23:33:48 -0500 Organization: /usr/lib/news/organi[sz]ation Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4t493c$ltg@Mercury.mcs.com> References: <4ss83o$dn@brians-pc.brians-domain.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mercury.mcs.com In article <4ss83o$dn@brians-pc.brians-domain.com>, Brian Bayorgeon <root@brians-domain.com> wrote: > >when I issue the [tar cvzf - / | ft "full backup"] command, will >tar recurse into the other file systems such as /var and /usr?? Yes, but if you prefer to store each file system separately, GNUtar has the --one-file-system option to keep it from crossing mount points. Les Mikesell les@mcs.com