Tar

$ ls -a1 > backmeup
$ tar -zcvpf my_backup.tar.gz `cat backmeup`

$ tar -cvzf acme-complete.tar.gz /home/acme/ > /home/admin/YYMMDD.complete.log
$ find /home/homedir -mtime -1 -print | tar -cvzf acme_complete.tar.gz -T - > YYMMDD.bkup.log