On 8/1/11 3:05 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On 8/1/2011 4:47 PM, Rory Toma wrote:
>> Let me say, the default command threw me for some time:
>>
>> # $Conf{TarClientCmd} = '$tarPath -c -v -f - -C /mnt/$host/$shareName'
>> # . ' --totals';
>>
>>
>> as I interpreted the "." as a tar argument, rather than perl syntax. 8-)
> Errr, '.' is the target, meaning 'current directory'. The -C option
> tells tar to change its working directory to the specified path, then it
> backs it up using '.' to have only relative paths in the backup.
>
Yes, . is current directory. However, in this case, isn't this perl
syntax, as it is outside of the ' '? I don't really do perl, however.
Also, if I include the ., outside of quotes, with nothing after it, the
command fails.
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