On Tuesday 04 June 2002 11:56 am, you wrote: > I think what you need is tar --delete --file test.tar b > > (i.e. put the list of files to delete at the end of the command line)
yes. alternately, tar f test.tar --delete "b" fyi: i often use "tar cvf tarfile.tar ./somedirectory" to create, verbosely, a tar file containing all the stuff in somedirectory, rather than using redirection to create the file. add a "z" (i.e., cvfz) to compress it. note: "b" must *exactly* match the file you wish to remove. this can often cause problems and confusion. for example, if i create a tar file with: tar cvf tarfile.tar ./somedirectory then if i want to remove the file somedirectory/b from the archive, i must use: tar f tarfile.tar --delete "./somedirectory/b" in other words, whatever tar displays (e.g., "./b") is what you must specify. shawn. _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
