The only problem with the -T option is that it will not expand
wildcards. So from the file list he gave, it will look for a file
called "/usr/src/linux/arch/alpha/boot/*.c", and a file called
"/usr/src/linux/arch/alpha/boot/tools/*.c", instead of getting all the
files in the two directories that end in .c.
On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Lorris J. Woods wrote:
> Hi, here is my suggestion,
>
> tar cvf your.tar -T filelist
>
> this will create your.tar containing the data pointed to by filelist.
>
> I hope that's what you are looking for.
>
> On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Claudiu Balciza wrote:
>
> > hi, I have a file containing file specs like in
> >
> >
> > /usr/src/linux/arch/alpha/boot/*.c
> > /usr/src/linux/arch/alpha/boot/tools/*.c
> >
> > I would like to tar those files with fullpaths (even if there's no file in
> > some dir
> > )
> >
> > how can I accomplish that ?
> >
> > Claudiu Balciza
> >
> >
>
> Regards,
>
> Lorris J. Woods
>
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