How do I pack (using tar zcvf ?) the current folder inluding all files and folders ??

I need to be sure to get all files and folders/subfolders...

Later I will unpack into a new folder on a new server..

Appreciate any help..

Hey,
This should sort you out

tar cvzf Yourfolder.tar.gz /home/YourFolderName

that should create a tarball of YourFolderName and all sub dirs and save it as Yourfolder.tar.gz

Thanks..

But that looks like it will use the YourFolderName when I unpack it... right ?

This is what I have tried:
Problem is the new server has public_html instead of httpdocs
which gives me public_html/httpdocs

I'd like to do this:
or similar... I want all files in current folder and all subfolders....

must be simple but I'm not there yet...


anyone ?

So in which case.. tar the folders using the method outline before.

Unpack it into the dir. If it puts them in the incorrect directory just do a cp *.* and move them to the folder you want to use instead. This is a lot easier if you have a GUI to boot into!