Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 12:40:33 -0400 From: Gerard Samuel <fbsd-questions@trini0.org> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems running Tar (1) for "newer" files Message-ID: <200406171240.34095.fbsd-questions@trini0.org> In-Reply-To: <44d63yte99.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <200406161205.27714.fbsd-questions@trini0.org> <44d63yte99.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On Thursday 17 June 2004 11:06 am, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > 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. I dont know. Maybe a glitch in the matrix, but its working today....
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