STEPS TO (HOW TO) BACK UP /HOME ONTO A CD
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;; Time-stamp: <2003-01-10 11:32:08 deego>

;; keywords:
   backup back up /home  mount backing up  howto tar gz

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   Author:   D. Goel
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;; a list of steps for self to backup a filesystem using tar.gz.

;; the steps below assume a completely blank cd-rw, one that has
   never been written onto before.

hmm, for now, simply: 


cd /usr/spcusr/deego/backups-machines/darwin/home/tmp/

su

tar -cvopf home-200x-mm-dd.tar /home/d* /home/e* /home/l*
or 
tar -cvopf home-200x-mm-dd.tar /home/d* /home/e* /home/l* /home/w* 

change the date to the correct value. 

gzip home-200x-mm-dd.tar
change the ownership of the files back to deego 

transfer file to another computer  (if needed, delete alternate
backups there before the transfer). 


MV file  from tmp/ to ..

MV file  from tmp/ to .. in the other computer as well

(Exit from su)