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Re: making a tar file?
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Ken Hirsch <[log in to unmask]>
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Ken Hirsch <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 15 Jul 2002 18:18:31 -0400
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Donna Garverick wrote:
>
> i'd like to make a tarball for a select (but listfile-able)
> collection of files.  however, tar is ignoring me (how
> rude!) and starts to store the entire group/directory.
> here's what i'm doing/getting:
>
> :file x=./dgtemp;rec=-1,,b,ascii;save
> :listfile ./DSG@,6>*x
> :listfile ./dg@,2
> :tar '-cvf ./tartest' < ./dgtemp

Try
  :tar '-cvf ./tartest   -  ' <./dgtemp

I.e. Use a dash as the filename to save in the tar file.

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