Re: [tlug] Using TAR

[Viktor Pavlenko <vvp@example.com>]

>>>>> "CM" == Charles Muller <acmuller@example.com> writes:

    CM> In connection with my prior font problem, as I indicated, I
    CM> was hoping that I could save some important items--such as my
    CM> mail, in the event that I have to do a reinstall. But every
    CM> time I try to run TAR with my /home/chuck directory, it
    CM> crashes halfway through with no explanation as to why.

    CM> Is it possible that TAR doesn't work if there are archive
    CM> files already in the directory? I have followed the directions
    CM> for using TAR given in a number books, and it seems like the
    CM> simplest of operations, so it is hard for me to see what is
    CM> going wrong.

I haven't had any problems with tar. Could you post your unsuccessful
tar session as it looks in terminal, at least how you run it and where
it breaks? (giving more info usually helps:)

man tar is the best resource IMHO (as opposed to books).

Viktor