On Sun, Oct 28, 2001 at 12:15:48PM +0530, Dr . Sharukh K . R . Pavri . wrote: > You mean I'd have to give the names of all the files w/ > the -f option ? But I am trying t avoid just that. I > discovered gkrellm and I went a little overboard down- > loading themes for it ( I have already got ~50 of them) > so I was thinking of doing it the *smart* way w/ > wildcards. I'll try out the other suggestions and get > back to the list. > ---end quoted text---
Unfortunately, tar (unlike gzip) does not accept wildcards for very valid reasons. Since tarring options vary, depen- ding upon the switches chosen, there is too much variabi- lity in an "universal" untar, which just cannot be affect- ed, covering all sub-varieties of a tarred archive. IMHO, the best option is processing all files in a script (IIRC, Naren suggested one, after checking the integrity of the tarball for corrupted downloads) ... Bish. : ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### Sub : ext2 to ext3 conversion LOST #089 Point your browser to the following howto if u are interested in converting your existing ext2 filesystem to ext3 : http://www.symonds.net/~rajesh ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>###################################### : _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
