Tar command

I want to archive (zip / tar) all the files and directories in /home/www/ and have them put into a file 09-01-2006.tar that is put in /backups/

I've read the man pages, but just can't figure it out. Can someone show me what the command would be to do this?

Thanks.

 

tar -cvzf /backups/09-01-2006.tar.gz /var/www/

 

Thanks, that did the trick!

 

Is there a command that will backup all of my mysql databases and tar them?

 

Mate,

I make mysql backup with backupninja.

http://dev.riseup.net/backupninja/

 

Have a look here: http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5408&highlight=mysqlhotcopy

You can also create SQL dumps of your databases like this: http://www.howtoforge.com/faq/6_3_en.html