copying a home directory onto a removable drive and back

[user1]

> Recommendations?

I would use the dd command:


http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/learn-the-dd-
command-362506/

An example:

To backup a directory:

dd if=/home/user1 of=/mnt/sdc1/filename2.img

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To restore the directory:

dd if=/mnt/sdc1/filename2.img of=/home/user1