tar question

From: Rolf Wester (wester_at_ilt.fraunhofer.de)
Date: 11/26/03 

Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 16:15:24 +0100

Hi,

I have a list of files in a *.txt file (1 full path per line) that I
would like to tar. I tried:

cat files.txt | tar cvf files.tar

and

tar cvf files.tar < files.txt

but in both cases I got the message:

tar: Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive

I guess I did something wrong. I would be very appreciative for help.

Regards

Rolf Wester

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