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,

Duy

tar czvf foo.tar.gz *.php

use a wildcard

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

How about

Your suggestion works. Thanks much for your help. It would be great if you explain what the command does.

:newbie:

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