Bruce Marshall wrote: > On Sunday 21 January 2007 18:41, John Meyer wrote: >> Here is what I am trying: >> >> cd $HOME && tar uf $HOME/backups/Pictures.tar Pictures >> gzip $HOME/backups/Pictures.tar >> > > I'm no expert on tar but what you are trying never looked right to me. > > Just where is this Pictures? a directory off your home directory?? > > I would think Pictures/* would be the thing to use..
Not a good idea IMHO - if you say Pictures/*, then when that archive is untarred, it will barf all over the current working directory, and I hate it when naively constructed tarballs do that. Better to leave it at Pictures, and the untar will confine itself neatly to the Pictures directory. Joe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
