Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:38:41 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: "Steel City Phantom" <scphantm@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tar backup script Message-ID: <44ve4r7gcu.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <5c99941f0802131957t3fa8f7bo66c30cebfa54d7b6@mail.gmail.com> (Steel City Phantom's message of "Wed\, 13 Feb 2008 22\:57\:22 -0500") References: <5c99941f0802131957t3fa8f7bo66c30cebfa54d7b6@mail.gmail.com>
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"Steel City Phantom" <scphantm@yahoo.com> writes: > this isn't really bsd specific but i still need help with it. im writing a > backup script a clip from that script is this: > > find /usr/local/www/data-dist/ -name config.php > > /usr/local/backupScript/include > find /usr/local/www/data-dist/ -name ClientFiles >> > /usr/local/backupScript/include > > tar cvf /usr/local/backupScript/files/www-client-files.tar -I > /usr/local/backupScript/include /usr/local/www/data-dist > > obviously im creating an include file from a directory. when the tar runs, > it correctly adds all the files in the include file. but once that is > finished, for some reason tar then goes back and adds all the files that are > in the /usr/local/www/data-dist directory, even the ones in the include > file. i was under the impression that the -I command would add ONLY the > files that are listed in the include. why is it adding those and then after > finishing that, adding all the others? You specified /usr/local/www/data-dist on the command line, so you get the directory and everything in it. The -I command *does* add just the files in the include file, but then specifying data-dist explicitly gets everything in it.
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