Re: Problems running Tar (1) for "newer" files

2004-06-17 Thread Gerard Samuel 
On Thursday 17 June 2004 11:06 am, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> Gerard Samuel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Im trying to create a tar ball by running ->
> > tar -c -N 'Jun 1 2004' -f ../dev.tar *
> >
> > I keep getting this error ->
> > tar: More than one threshold date
> >
> > Can anyone see what Im doing wrong?
> > Im running FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE-p6
>
> Works for me (-STABLE).
> My best guess would be that the '*' is matching a filename that
> confuses tar (maybe something beginning with a dash?).
> Try using '.' instead.

I dont know.  Maybe a glitch in the matrix, but its working today
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Re: Problems running Tar (1) for "newer" files

2004-06-17 Thread Lowell Gilbert 
Gerard Samuel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Im trying to create a tar ball by running ->
> tar -c -N 'Jun 1 2004' -f ../dev.tar *
> 
> I keep getting this error ->
> tar: More than one threshold date
> 
> Can anyone see what Im doing wrong?
> Im running FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE-p6

Works for me (-STABLE).
My best guess would be that the '*' is matching a filename that
confuses tar (maybe something beginning with a dash?).
Try using '.' instead.
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Problems running Tar (1) for "newer" files

2004-06-16 Thread Gerard Samuel 
Im trying to create a tar ball by running ->
tar -c -N 'Jun 1 2004' -f ../dev.tar *

I keep getting this error ->
tar: More than one threshold date

Can anyone see what Im doing wrong?
Im running FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE-p6

Thanks
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