Quick question about tar (backup) with same file extension
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Quick question about tar (backup) with same file extension
Hi everyone,
I have my php files scatter all over the place and i only want to make a copy of these php file only.
I wonder if i can use tar to backup all file end with php extension.
Thanks for reply. I tried as you suggested but it does not work. I received an error:
tar: *.php: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
Distribution: Mac OS X Leopard 10.6.2, Windows 2003 Server/Vista/7/XP/2000/NT/98, Ubuntux64, CentOS4.8/5.4
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Rep:
Code:
find -iname '*.php' | xargs tar czvf foo.tar.gz
find all files with extension .php. When those files with php extension are found, pass the results onto tar and execute tar to create and compress the file called foo.tar.gz
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