chris@ec.uwa.oz.au (Christoph Uloth - operator) (04/09/91)
how can I tar a directory structure where the total pathname/filename is larger than 100 characters thanks. chris -- Christoph Uloth Division of Commerce Economics Law & Education Systems Networks Officer University of Western Australia Phone: +61-9-380 2198 || +61-9-364 7181 Fax: +61-9-380 XXXX email: chris@comec.uwa.oz.au :-)
weimer@garden.ssd.kodak.com (Gary Weimer (253-7796)) (04/10/91)
In article <1991Apr9.075208.25211@uniwa.uwa.oz>, chris@ec.uwa.oz.au (Christoph Uloth - operator) writes: |> how can I tar a directory structure where the total pathname/filename |> is larger than 100 characters Two things that come to mind right away. Let's say you want to tar ~/<very_long_path>/*.dat 1) % cd ~/<very_long_path> % tar c *.dat or % cd ~/<very_long_path>/.. % tar c ./*.dat 2) create a link to shorten the path. % cd ~ % ln -s <very_long_path> short-cut % tar c short-cut/*.dat The -C option might also be what you are looking for. Since you don't give any details, it's hard to say what might be best for your case. weimer@ssd.kodak.com ( Gary Weimer )