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Old 04-24-2012, 02:23 AM   #1
chicogarcia
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What command would you use


to make a backup of an existing file such as /var/www/html/net.html?
 
Old 04-24-2012, 02:26 AM   #2
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Totally depends what you mean by a "backup". at the most simple level I'd just use cp to copy it to net.html.bak
 
  


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