Problem with Archiving .tar

[Christopher Lemire]

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Try the command line to instead of the gui instead.

tar -cvf filename.tar /path/to/your/home

You could also install sbackup for backing up. Great program!
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On 10/30/07, Richard <cms0009 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday 30 October 2007 1:53:30 pm Chris Lemire wrote:
> > tar doesn't use compression. It just creates archives. If you want compression, you should use bzip2 or gzip in combination with tar.
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> Thanks for Pointing Out the tar doesn't use compression, BUT my problem is still here !
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> > Richard <cms0009 at gmail.com> wrote: Since using (K)ubuntu 5 - 7.04 never had a problem with doing this.
> > in my home directory there is .kde dir, then share dir, then apps dir,
> > I used to do this: right click on the apps dir,  and select compress as .tar
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> > Then I would move that apps.tar to my external usb drive for archive/Backup
> > However... been trying to do this since monday, for some reason, it looks
> > like the compression schema is hanging or something is interfering with compression
> > the folder size is 1.6 GB previouse folder size (7.04) was 1.4 GB
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> > So, what gives ? I did compress a small file 500 mb on my desktop (no-problem)
> > but doing inside my home directory, there seems to be problem.
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> > Anyone ?
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> > TIA
> > Richard
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Christopher Lemire <christopher.lemire at gmail.com>