Normally, we use the tar command coupled with some compression program such as gzip to create a backup of our directories. I.e. # tar -cf /var/log/backup/tux.tar /home/tux to backup the home directory of the user tux into the directory  /var/log/backup.

Redirections can be sometimes confusing to learn and utilize effectively.  We will try to explain it in the simplest possible way that we think is effective.  Please feel free to suggests a better approach to explaining it. Firstly, the 3 basic redirections. < ; this less than symbol is to instruct the shell to read [...]