On Wednesday 02 February 2011 20:58, Cathey, Jim wrote:
> ># find . -depth -print | pax -wd > outfile.tar
> >
> >That would be more portable (not all systems have /proc)
>
> Not all systems have a nice place you can safely write
> a list file, either. One would also need to arrange to clean
> up
># find . -depth -print | pax -wd > outfile.tar
>
>That would be more portable (not all systems have /proc)
Not all systems have a nice place you can safely write
a list file, either. One would also need to arrange to clean
up this file afterwards, and to make sure it was not included
in the list
On 2 February 2011 18:55, Cathey, Jim wrote:
>>busybox refuses to play nicely with
>>
>>tar -cf test -T /dev/null
>>or
>>tar -cf test /dev/null
>>
>>so is there any other way to get there?
>
> As with all unixen there's always another way!
> Once upon a time tar files were simple enough
> that you
>busybox refuses to play nicely with
>
>tar -cf test -T /dev/null
>or
>tar -cf test /dev/null
>
>so is there any other way to get there?
As with all unixen there's always another way!
Once upon a time tar files were simple enough
that you could concatenate them. Perhaps that
is no longer true? Y
groan.
Forget it.
I hadn't noticed I don't have the ability to append to an archive.
I'll go the long way round then
zzz
D
In article ,
from_busybox_maill...@dexdyne.com (David Collier) wrote:
> *From:* "David Collier"
> *To:* busybox@busybox.net
> *Date:* Wed, 2 Feb 2011 17:08 +00
