Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1473 mails)

[alexm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (alexm)]

Hi,

#!/bin/sh
FN=etc-$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
tar -zcf $FN.tar.gz /etc

You can also use "-T" to supply a list of files to tar.
for complete list of flags (about 12 million of them) run:
# info tar

-alexm

On Sun, 1 Aug 1999, Miguel G. wrote:
> could anyone help me with a very simple script? 
> (it simply doesn't work the  variables stuff)
> and also how can I modify this (tar) to retrive only files which 
> I might get as new from $(find ...)
> 
> 
> set $FN = etc-$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
> tar -cf $FN.tar /etc/
> gzip $FN.tar