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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 22:42:31 -0700
From: "Crist J . Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net>
To: igorr@crosswinds.net
Cc: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: GNU tar on FreeBSD
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On Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 08:06:32AM +0400, Igor Roboul wrote:
> Hello, 
> I have one question about GNU tar on FreeBSD.
> 
> It has -T option which gives file name from which tar will get file list.
> On GNU/Linux I can use command:
> "find $f ! -name $f -type f -newer /usr/local/etc/backup/last_`basename $f` \
>   | tar czT - -f $STORAGE_DIR/$bf.tgz"
> 
> On FreeBSD I got tar: "too many args with -T option"
> 
> Ok, I tried 
> find [...] >file
> and then tar cz -T file -f $STORAGE_DIR/$bf.tgz and got
> 
> tar: can't add file -Ttar (child):  : No such file or directory
> can't open archive /dev/rsa0 : Device not configured
> 
> One thing I can not understand. We have GNU tar. We have GNU gzip, but why 
> I cant get same results?
> I can rewrite my backup process with cpio (it gets file names from stdin by 
> default) But "WHY?"

Because on every tar(1) I have ever used has the 't' option do what
you ask. Again, 't' not 'T.' You coulda RTFM.
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu


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