> > xargs: unterminated quote > Your filenames probably contain quotes and other messy characters which unix does not like. You can resolve this by using the options -print0 and -0 in find and tar respectively. (NOTE: Option uses number 0 and not character O).
$ find / -mtime 1 -print0 | xargs -0 tar -czvf backup.tgz $ tar -xzvf backup.tgz -C <outdir> > > > On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 9:44 PM, 0<0...@0throot.com> wrote: > >> >>> >>> find / -mtime 1 >>> >>> how can i send this output to a directory for take backup. >>> >> >> tar it and untar it later, something like, >> >> $ find / -mtime 1 | xargs tar -czvf backup.tgz >> $ tar -xzvf backup.tgz -C<outdir> >> -- 0 _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
