2 part question

[Tim]

Allegedly, on or about 26 May 2015, William Biggs sent:
> I want to back up the the conf files and the home folder...

If the config files you want to back up pertain to personal settings
(your browser, your screen mode, screen background, things you've set
for your desktop and your login, et cetera), those settings are all
stored in your homespace.

If you mean system reconfiguration, those are in the /etc directory.

-- 
[tim at localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp
Linux 3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Jul 14 01:31:27 UTC 2013 x86_64

All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point
trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the
public lists.

George Orwell's '1984' was supposed to be a warning against tyranny, not
a set of instructions for supposedly democratic governments.

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