Backup and entire dir using tar?

[Emil Oppeln-Bronikowski]

Dnia 21-01-2005, pi o godzinie 15:11 +0100, Martn van de Streek
napisa(a):

> tar cvf x.tar /myfiles 2>&1 | tee /tmp/backup.log | less

 I wonder when we'll get to the point of using awk, sed, grep and a
custom tar with some patches. ;-) But please, continue -- this is very
useful thread for newbies and people who refuse to see how mutch you can
do with good console-foo! :)