From b8f8229ed5ae6d32add043beff75f42421f696f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: englishm Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 10:30:07 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Updated User backups (markdown) --- User-backups.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/User-backups.md b/User-backups.md index 2160798..d8fad96 100644 --- a/User-backups.md +++ b/User-backups.md @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Here are some ways you might back up your own stuff on your own schedule under y Use `tar` to create a tarball of your stuff, then `scp` to put it somewhere else. `tar` stands for `tape archiver` which shows its venerable age; it still works just fine. +e.g. `tar czvf archive.tgz path/to/files`, `scp archive.tgz @:path/to/put/archive.tgz` + ### `rsync` `rsync` synchronizes a directory with a remote directory.