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 Message-ID: <20000919224231.P367@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> In-Reply-To: <20000920080632.A11387@linux.rainbow>; from igor@raduga.dyndns.org on Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 08:06:32AM %2B0400 References: <20000920080632.A11387@linux.rainbow>
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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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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