Re: [SLE] HOWTO put a tar list in a file?

Hi, On Sat, Jan 22, 2000 at 19:25 -0500, Sam Carleton wrote:

I would like to use tar to backup part of my system to DAT. But the command line is getting very long, very fast. Is there a way to put the list of files and sub's that you want to tar up into a file and have tar read that file to find what it is to include?

You can use the -T option for that, e.g. tar -T filelist.txt -cf archive.tar will tar up every file in filelist.txt. Ciao, Stefan -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/