dump -0aj -f /tmp/home0.bak /home makes a full backup of the '/home' directory
dump -1aj -f /tmp/home0.bak /home makes an interactive backup of the '/home' directory
restore -if /tmp/home0.bak restores an interactive backup
rsync -rogpav --delete /home /tmp synchronize directories on both sides
rsync -rogpav -e ssh --delete /home ip_address:/tmp rsync over SSH tunnel
rsync -az -e ssh --delete ip_addr:/home/public /home/local Sync a remote directory to a local directory via ssh and compression
rsync -az -e ssh --delete /home/local ip_addr:/home/public Sync local directory to remote directory via ssh and compression
dd bs=1M if=/dev/hda | gzip | ssh user@ip_addr 'dd of=hda.gz' performs an operation of backing up the local disk on the remote host through ssh
dd if=/dev/sda of=/tmp/file1 backup disk contents to a file
tar -Puf backup.tar /home/user performs an interactive backup of the '/home/user' directory
( cd /tmp/local/ && tar c . ) | ssh -C user@ip_addr 'cd /home/share/ && tar x -p' copy a directory content in a remote directory via ssh
( tar c /home ) | ssh -C user@ip_addr 'cd /home/backup-home && tar x -p' to copy a local directory in a remote directory via ssh
tar cf - . | (cd /tmp/backup ; tar xf - ) Copy a directory locally to another, preserving the original permissions and links
find /home/user1 -name '*.txt' | xargs cp -av --target-directory=/home/backup/ --parents Find and copy all files ending with '.txt' from one directory to another
find /var/log -name '*.log' | tar cv --files-from=- | bzip2 > log.tar.bz2 Find all files ending with '.log' and make a bzip package
dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=1 Do an action to copy the MBR (Master Boot Record) content to the floppy disk
dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1 restore MBR contents from a backup already saved to floppy