Updated User backups (markdown)

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@ -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 <username>@<hostname>:path/to/put/archive.tgz`
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 ### `rsync`

 `rsync` synchronizes a directory with a remote directory.