Hi, thanks for responding. I was going off of http://forums12.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447627+1204469251779+28353475&threadId=1178036
The difference being the "." (dot) to match everything. However in gnu tar, I'm able to use a single directory when I type in the command line as I mentioned Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. J:\Temp Folders\wbtTemp>tar -c -f Top.tar Top J:\Temp Folders\wbtTemp>tar -t -v -f Top.tar drwsrwsrwx user/group 0 2008-02-29 21:16 Top/ drwsrwsrwx user/group 0 2008-02-29 21:16 Top/Middle/ drwsrwsrwx user/group 0 2008-02-29 21:16 Top/Middle/Bottom/ J:\Temp Folders\wbtTemp> It creates the archive just fine, when I reference only "Top" as the file or input argument. However the problem is that gnu tar won't take the piped arguments from the find command to build a similar archive. I want to be able to "do it on the fly" meaning I don't have to build an empty dir structure then build the archive. In the meantime I've found a alternative method, which isn't so bad... (Just substitue Writing for Top as a folder in the following) J:\Temp Folders\wbtTemp>xcopy c:\writing "J:\Temp Folders\wbtTemp \writing\" /t /e :<-- creates an empty/temporary structure J:\Temp Folders\wbtTemp>tar -c -f Writing.tar writing '<-- creates an archive of the dir structure J:\Temp Folders\wbtTemp>tar -t -v -f Writing.tar ;<--- shows all folders J:\Temp Folders\wbtTemp>rd /q /s writing ;<--- removes the blank/temporary structure. I was hoping there was a way to pipe the folder names to tar, but so far no joy. Jay
