From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from py-out-1112.google.com ([64.233.166.182]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1ICP6K-0003Oy-00 for ; Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:15:08 -0400 Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id f47so2628214pye for ; Sat, 21 Jul 2007 17:15:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.35.49.4 with SMTP id b4mr3439661pyk.1185063307866; Sat, 21 Jul 2007 17:15:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tdsportable ( [71.208.42.184]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f78sm7581906pyh.2007.07.21.17.15.06 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 21 Jul 2007 17:15:07 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <000a01c7cbf5$6d2de9a0$6701a8c0@tdsportable> From: "Littlefield, Tyler" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20070722000603.GA2595@riley> Subject: Re: backing up home directory Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 18:15:34 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 00:15:09 -0000 tar -cvvf file.tar dir Thanks, Tyler Littlefield. Vertigo head coder "My programs don't have bugs, just randomly added features." msn: compgeek134@hotmail.com email: compgeek13@gmail.com aim: st8amnd2005 skype: st8amnd127 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Moore" To: Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 6:06 PM Subject: backing up home directory > Hello, > I want to back up my home directory and move it into its own partition. > I'm thinkig of using tar to accomplish this. What flags do I need in > order to preserve the file permissions and dot files? > > Thanks > Chris > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup