Néstor wrote: > The untarred files are HTML files. > > The .tar file containing all the web files was originally created by a cron > job : > ----------------------- > if [ $DOW = "Sun" ] > then > NOW=`date +%d-%b` > > # Update full backup date > tar --preserve -cf $BACKUPDIR/$COMPUTER-$DOW.tar $DIRECTORIES > else > # Daily incremental backup - overwrite last weeks of same day > tar $NEWER --preserve -cf $BACKUPDIR/$COMPUTER-$DOW.tar $DIRECTORIES > fi
The question wasn't how you made the tar, but how you made the file that is in the tar -- the file that displays funny. tar doesn't change file content. Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
