Create .tar.gz file

r00ster · 06-02-2013, 01:12 PM

I want to back Squeeze files prior to upgrade to Wheezy.

I keep getting an empty folder when I try to create backup files to Desktop prior to copying to CD.

Code:

/home/rooster/Desktop/backup-sqboot# ls -al
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 rooster rooster 4096 Jun  2 11:16 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 rooster rooster 4096 Jun  2 11:16 ..

I created a folder on Desktop "/backup-sqboot.tar.gz". The command I used was

Code:

/home/rooster/Desktop# tar -cvpzf /backup-sqboot.tar.gz /boot

What am I doing wrong?

jdkaye · 06-02-2013, 02:42 PM

The command you give would create a backup of the contents of the /boot folder and place it in a file called backup-sqboot.tar.gz and put that file just under root (/). Neither your source nor destination has anything to do with Desktop. backup-sqboot.tar.gz is a file not a folder.
jdk

r00ster · 06-03-2013, 05:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdkaye

The command you give would create a backup of the contents of the /boot folder and place it in a file called backup-sqboot.tar.gz and put that file just under root (/). Neither your source nor destination has anything to do with Desktop. backup-sqboot.tar.gz is a file not a folder.
jdk

Gotcha! Thanks. I should have used

Code:

# tar -cvpzf /home/rooster/Desktop/backup-sqboot.tar.gz /boot