Need help backing up my home directory

[recentconvert]

I want a way to backup my home directory without compressing anything or creating links.
I don't mind stashing everything in a container file as long as nothing gets compressed.

[mo.reina]

cp -r ~/ destination

[recentconvert]

cp -r ~/ destination

I thought that created links, I'm trying to avoid links.

[mo.reina]

cp will copy files and directories. this is what you're looking for right? backing up without compressing is basically just brute force copying, or are you looking for something else?

[recentconvert]

Yes I was looking for a way to copy without making links or stash in a container without compression. Thanks for the help.

[warfacegod]

Why not simply use your file browser to copy your home folder to another location?

[recentconvert]

Why not simply use your file browser to copy your home folder to another location?

That method creates links instead of copying everything. Which is what I'm trying to avoid.

[scouser73]

For backing up I use Pybackpack, the tutorial shows you how to use it and in my opinion I think it's an excellent program for backing up data.