Need Urgent Help

[Michael Horton]

man tar

please read the sunamangers faq.

Sudip Niyogi wrote:
> Hello,
>  
> I am comparitively new to System Administration, I have been asked to 
> take a backup of the /home directory using tar and burn the tarball on a 
> DVD.
>  
> Can somebody please tell me how should I do this? Also can I tar the 
> /home when users are working on their respective home folders?
>  
> Thanks,
> Sudip
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