Hi: I am using GNU Tar 1.13 (on a WinTel platfrom). I am attempting to tar a directory and have the resulting TAR file placed in another directory.
Tar (options) [source drive letter + ":" + path source] [drive letter + ":" + path destination] So an example of tar'ing a directory from a network drive and storing the resulting tar file in a local directory might be the following: TAR -cvf C:\TEMP\BACKUP_TEST.TAR P:\TEST Ideally this would take the contents of P:\TEST (from the network) and Tar it to a file called "backup_test.tar" which would subsequently be stored in a local directory called "C:\TEMP". The Tar command itself would be running from an entirely different directory. So, the only problem is, this doesn't work. I'm sure that it's just because I don't have the syntax right. Can anyone take a look and advise where I am going wrong and what the correct syntax would be to achieve this goal? Thanks, Alan -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Need-help-with-TAR-redirection-tf2312118.html#a6428541 Sent from the Gnu - Tar - Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Help-tar mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-tar
