The tar utility is used to combine multiple files or directories into a single file. This allows for easy backup to remote systems or to just have a backup copy on the local machine should you need one. The ability to compress via bzip2, gzip or xz is built into the utility allowing you toContinue reading “How to create a tar file using the tar command”
Author Archives: Matt Burks
What is Spanning Tree Protocol (Part 2)
In the previous post I described the problem STP solves, which is network loops and the devastation they can cause to a network. This post will be fairly brief as I’m going to go over the different iterations of STP over the years, both open standards and Cisco proprietary implementations. Below are the open standardsContinue reading “What is Spanning Tree Protocol (Part 2)”
What is Spanning Tree Protocol (Part1)
What is Spanning Tree Protocol and how does it work? In this first part I’ll go over what Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) is and why we need it. I’ll start with the last part first. To describe what STP is we have to discuss the problem for which it was created to solve.
The Purpose of This Blog
Hello, and welcome to Matt-Burks.com. I hope you find the info on this site useful. There’s going to be a lot of basic info on here at first but hopefully this will move into more advanced info. I’m planning to document things as I learn them. So, there is a chance I’ll do them wrong.Continue reading “The Purpose of This Blog”
Who am I?
Who am I that I should write a blog? I’ve thought for years it would be interesting to have a blog. I’ve had various ones off and on over the years, but none of them really took off and I found I went months or even years between posts. So why is this one different?Continue reading “Who am I?”
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