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Tar can be used to backup an entire directory keeping all permissions and users accounts intact. The trick is to use sudo to keep the permissions intact.
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In this case, order of the switches (zcvpf) does matter. Otherwise, you will get an error (record the error here) once the tar command finishes. |
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# To tar the directory sudo tar -zcvpf tarfile.tar.gz ./folder # To untar and gunzip the file in one command sudo tar -zxvpf tarfile.tar.gz # Encrypting a tar ... |