TAR command help!

Suicidal9090 · 10-13-2008, 04:57 PM

ok im trying to use tar and look into a file which has a list of directories and then tarball thoes files...

I know the switch is -T so i have been using -czfT but its not working

any help?

jailbait · 10-13-2008, 05:06 PM

You need to put f at the end of the options followed by the file name:

-czTf filename

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Steve Stites

Suicidal9090 · 10-13-2008, 05:19 PM

well when i use

tar -czTf list.txt tarball.tar

i get and error, and same when i switch the order.

jailbait · 10-13-2008, 05:31 PM

Could you post the command you are using and the error message you get.

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Steve Stites

jonesr · 10-13-2008, 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Suicidal9090

tar -czTf list.txt tarball.tar

You can stack standalone mode switches fairly reliably, but stacking switches that take arguments then stacking the arguments is risky. It works under Linux if you break out the -T and its argument:

Code:

tar -czf tarball.tar -T list.txt