I want to backup /home and /etc I planned to use this ##################### echo Full backup of /etc and unmout /home cd / tar cpf /etc --label="full-backup created on `date '+%d-%B-%Y'`." \ --directory=/ect cd / tar cpf /home --label="full-backup created on `date '+%d-%B-%Y'`." \ --directory=/home --extrude=/home/descargas/* --exclude=/home/frodo/ldraw/* ##################### do I need anything else? I know I need to bzip de tar how do I do it? I was told I should umnount /etc and /home but as I can't unmount /ect I was think just to unmount /home and tar home and etc but I'm still wondering do I really have to unmount /etc and /home to tar them? GNU software RULES!!!!