9.6. Exercises

• Make a backup copy of your home directory in /var/tmp using the tar command. Then further compress the file using gzip or bzip2. Make it a clean tarred file, one that doesn't make a mess when unpacking.

• Format a floppy and put some files from your home directory on it. Switch floppies with another trainee and recover his/her floppy in your home directory.

• DOS format the floppy. Use the mtools to put and delete files on it.

• What happens to an unformatted floppy when you want to mount it into the file system?

• If you have any USB storage, try to put a file on it.

• Using rsync, make a copy of your home directory to another local or remote file system.

• When leaving files on a network server, it's best to encrypt them. Make a tar archive of your home directory and encrypt it.