[CLUE-Tech] tar question

[Dale Hawkins]

Mike Staver <staver at fimble.com> writes:

> I have a quick tar question - what is the best way to compress my entire
> /home diretory and move it to another machine while preserving all file
> attributes?

rsync is another option.

rsync --dry-run -azv --progress /home/* root at othermachine:/home/

(The --dry-run option is nice; the foot you save could be your own!)

-Dale

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