Peter Langfelder wrote: > On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 4:30 PM, chloe K <chloekcy2000@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi >> I have number of selected files to backup and it is also in different >> folders >> How can I make it easy? >> eg: >> tar zcvf select-file.tar.gz from selected file or tar zcvf >> select-file.tar.gz (from selected files in file.txt)? >> >> Thank you for your help > > I have no advice to offer if you insist on using tar, but you may want > to look at rsync. You can preserve the directory structure, all flags, > and use it only on a selection of files. If he wants multiple independent mirrors (e.g. a weekly CD), rsync is a poor choice because there would be no compression. If he wants a single mirror, I would recommend rdiff-backup. Matt Flaschen -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines