On 01/08/10 18:00, Bob Proulx wrote:
Sven Joachim wrote:
Alan Chandler wrote:
I suspect the * here is being expanded by the shell before it calls
tar, which is what causes the problem.
Indeed, that is the problem.
Agreed.
How can I tell tar to copy all the files in the /bak/mb.com
direc
Sven Joachim wrote:
> Alan Chandler wrote:
> > I presume my cron job is being run with the current directory as
> > filesystem root, because this command line
> > tar -czf /bak/archive/snap/mb.com/melinda.tar.gz --exclude-tag=NOBAK.TAG -C
> > /bak/mb.com *
> > complains that it can't find many of
On 2010-08-01 18:07 +0200, Alan Chandler wrote:
> I am using tar within a monthly cron job, and found that my command
> line has an error. I 'think' I understand what it is, but I can't
> find any examples or explanation by reading the tar manual on the GNU
> website, or generally using google of
I am using tar within a monthly cron job, and found that my command line
has an error. I 'think' I understand what it is, but I can't find any
examples or explanation by reading the tar manual on the GNU website, or
generally using google of how to work round it.
I presume my cron job is bein
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