Re: Tar/Zip/Rar trouble

From: Ben Stringer (ben_at_burbong.com)
Date: 04/30/04

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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 18:16:06 +1000

    On Fri, 2004-04-30 at 16:53, J.L. Coenders wrote:
    > Hi all,
    > Does anyone know what how to hidden and backup files into an archive with
    > tar/zip/rar?
    > I want to backup my ~/Mail directory, but somehow it doesn't work with
    > Fileroller so I want to try it manually (errors). However, I cannot find how

    What are the errors?

    > to pack hidden files. Maybe I am looking for the wrong thing or does anyone
    > have another solution to my problem.
    > And how can I test an archive to see if it works proper?

    With "dot" files, you can either let tar's recursion pick them up by
    tarring from the parent directory, or by specifying a regex that matches
    them (like .??*).

    Here is an example of the former case. The "tar tzf" is showing you the
    contents of the compressed tarfile. Take out all the "z"'s if you don;t
    want compression.

    $ mkdir tartest
    $ cd tartest
    $ echo "Hello" > .hidden
    $ echo "Goodbye" > not_hidden
    $ cd ..
    $ tar czvf mytar.tgz tartest
    ...
    $ tar tzf mytar.tgz
    tartest/
    tartest/.hidden
    tartest/not_hidden

    Cheers, Ben

    >
    > Thanks,
    > Jeroen
    > 

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