From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 9 06:05:14 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DABD106566C for ; Mon, 9 May 2011 06:05:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from walt@wump.org) Received: from mta31.charter.net (mta31.charter.net [216.33.127.82]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A50D8FC0C for ; Mon, 9 May 2011 06:05:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from imp10 ([10.20.200.15]) by mta31.charter.net (InterMail vM.7.09.02.04 201-2219-117-106-20090629) with ESMTP id <20110509060509.GABM7341.mta31.charter.net@imp10>; Mon, 9 May 2011 02:05:09 -0400 Received: from [10.0.0.10] ([71.80.206.85]) by imp10 with smtp.charter.net id hJ571g00D1r4kY705J58Fn; Mon, 09 May 2011 02:05:09 -0400 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=G6Q69DB3AUoJKS2BpLRaz8MQ2NORN7h5HRzrJMPOhRw= c=1 sm=1 a=ONLQfcdWe7oA:10 a=7od6AAemV74A:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=g/lYYY1YV9Rstnml5ZDZhA==:17 a=ebNzH6DdAAAA:8 a=cdtM1u_cn2NlzdIu2MgA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=Z-IikAJXHoYA:10 a=zbkDLoAsQ4cA:10 a=g/lYYY1YV9Rstnml5ZDZhA==:117 Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 8 May 2011 23:05:00 -0700 To: Modulok , FreeBSD Questions From: Walt Pawley Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Cc: Subject: Re: Piping find into tar... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 May 2011 06:05:14 -0000 FWIW: Many have recommended using "xargs" to pass the generated list entries into "tar" or some other archiving program. I've often had trouble processing lists of filenames using "xargs." Most of the problems revolve around oddball characters in the filenames, which tend to be created by users using GUIs. While certainly no panacea, I've found this sequence in bash/sh | while read X; do ; done often gets around many of the problems. -- Walter M. Pawley Wump Research & Company 676 River Bend Road, Roseburg, OR 97471 541-672-8975