Date: 17 Jun 2004 11:06:58 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Gerard Samuel <fbsd-questions@trini0.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems running Tar (1) for "newer" files Message-ID: <44d63yte99.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <200406161205.27714.fbsd-questions@trini0.org> References: <200406161205.27714.fbsd-questions@trini0.org>
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Gerard Samuel <fbsd-questions@trini0.org> writes: > Im trying to create a tar ball by running -> > tar -c -N 'Jun 1 2004' -f ../dev.tar * > > I keep getting this error -> > tar: More than one threshold date > > Can anyone see what Im doing wrong? > Im running FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE-p6 Works for me (-STABLE). My best guess would be that the '*' is matching a filename that confuses tar (maybe something beginning with a dash?). Try using '.' instead.
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