Keith wrote: > tar cvfz username.tgz /home/username > the same command can be used on any directory. It's probably not a good idea to be *in* /home/username if you try that -- you'll end up trying to stuff the tarball into the tarball. (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Ouroboros.png) Hope this helps, James. -- E-mail: james@ | "When you're new to computers, you think they're magic. aprilcottage.co.uk | Then you learn some stuff and think you understand them. | Then you learn more and realize they're basically | magic." -- quoted by Konstantin Ryabitsev
