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Old 12-16-2017
someone help me here
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Old 12-16-2017
Code:
tar -cf "$backup_file" opt var etc

Will create an archive file called whatever the value of $backup_file is, containing the directories "opt" "var" and "etc" and all subdirectories.
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Old 01-07-2018
thank you
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