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Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 23:05:00 -0800 (PST)
From: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net>
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Subject: tar ??
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Can tar take input from a file? I need to tar all the directories in a
file with this format ......

/www/docs/acb
/www/docs/atclovr3
/www/docs/av8rdon
/www/docs/cal1
/www/docs/cbslosal
/www/docs/clancy
/www/docs/cre8tive
/www/docs/dawizard
/www/docs/ekoehler
/www/docs/fishman
/www/docs/gjs99
/www/docs/ieo
/www/docs/jck
/www/docs/jsparks

I tried tar cvf web.tar < web.list but it fails...

thanks...