Hi
I have number of selected files to backup and it is also in different folders
How can I make it easy?
eg:
tar zcvf select-file.tar.gz from selected file or tar zcvf select-file.tar.gz (from selected files in file.txt)?
Thank you for your help
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chloe K wrote:
Hi
I have number of selected files to backup and it is also in different folders
How can I make it easy?
eg:
tar zcvf select-file.tar.gz from selected file or tar zcvf select-file.tar.gz (from selected files in file.txt)?
Thank you for your help
I'm sure there will be other ideas but in the absence of an "include these files" file option, you could employ a simple loop to append the files in a list to a tar archive. For example, if you had a file named "include" with these 3 records
/bin/gawk /etc/fstab /etc/resolv.conf
This would cause the 3 files to be archived as "included.tar". [rj@mavis ~]$ while read inc ; do echo "including:" $inc ; tar -v -r $inc -f included.tar ; done < include
Just to be sure....
[rj@mavis ~]$ tar -tvf included.tar -rwxr-xr-x root/root 320416 2007-03-14 09:48:15 bin/gawk -rw-r--r-- root/root 874 2008-09-23 09:53:40 etc/fstab -rw-r--r-- root/root 135 2008-08-21 21:18:43 etc/resolv.conf [rj@mavis ~]$
The real challenge here is to compile the "include" file correctly.
On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 4:49 AM, Robert kerplop@sbcglobal.net wrote:
I'm sure there will be other ideas but in the absence of an "include these files" file option, you could employ a simple loop to append the files in a
man tar: -T, --files-from F get names to extract or create from file F
list to a tar archive. For example, if you had a file named "include" with these 3 records
/bin/gawk /etc/fstab /etc/resolv.conf
This would cause the 3 files to be archived as "included.tar". [rj@mavis ~]$ while read inc ; do echo "including:" $inc ; tar -v -r $inc -f included.tar ; done < include
or: tar -jvrc included.tar.bz2 --files-from include
BR Bent
Bent Terp wrote:
On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 4:49 AM, Robert kerplop@sbcglobal.net wrote:
I'm sure there will be other ideas but in the absence of an "include these files" file option, you could employ a simple loop to append the files in a
man tar: -T, --files-from F get names to extract or create from file F
Yes, I overlooked that option, as I imagine the OP did.
list to a tar archive. For example, if you had a file named "include" with these 3 records
/bin/gawk /etc/fstab /etc/resolv.conf
This would cause the 3 files to be archived as "included.tar". [rj@mavis ~]$ while read inc ; do echo "including:" $inc ; tar -v -r $inc -f included.tar ; done < include
or: tar -jvrc included.tar.bz2 --files-from include
Almost.... 1. Options "r" and "c" are mutually exclusive. tar: You may not specify more than one `-Acdtrux' option Try `tar --help' or `tar --usage' for more information. 2. Without the "f" option, output goes to std out This works:
[rj@mavis ~]$ tar -jvcf included.tar.bz2 --files-from include tar: Removing leading `/' from member names /bin/gawk /etc/fstab /etc/resolv.conf [rj@mavis ~]$
I hope the OP has followed this far without giving up on our combined blunders. :-(
BR Bent
KRS Robert
Thank you.
How about untar? I am using -T tar cvf file.tar -T file.txt
inside file.txt, eg: /var/www/html/version/abc.html /var/www/html/version/image/abc.jpg
how can I untar those files into /var/www/html instead of /var/www/html/version
Thank you again
Robert kerplop@sbcglobal.net wrote:
chloe K wrote:
Hi
I have number of selected files to backup and it is also in different folders
How can I make it easy?
eg:
tar zcvf select-file.tar.gz from selected file or tar zcvf select-file.tar.gz (from selected files in file.txt)?
Thank you for your help
I'm sure there will be other ideas but in the absence of an "include these files" file option, you could employ a simple loop to append the files in a list to a tar archive. For example, if you had a file named "include" with these 3 records
/bin/gawk /etc/fstab /etc/resolv.conf
This would cause the 3 files to be archived as "included.tar". [rj@mavis ~]$ while read inc ; do echo "including:" $inc ; tar -v -r $inc -f included.tar ; done < include
Just to be sure....
[rj@mavis ~]$ tar -tvf included.tar -rwxr-xr-x root/root 320416 2007-03-14 09:48:15 bin/gawk -rw-r--r-- root/root 874 2008-09-23 09:53:40 etc/fstab -rw-r--r-- root/root 135 2008-08-21 21:18:43 etc/resolv.conf [rj@mavis ~]$
The real challenge here is to compile the "include" file correctly. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
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