How to TAR an entire directory

[bosoxer1]

Getting the following message on this:

drwxr-xr-x 2 xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx 256 Oct 17 16:01 configtool

tar -cvzf configtool.tar configtool

tar: Not a recognized flag: z
Usage: tar -{c|r|t|u|x} [-BdFhilmopsvw]
[-Number] [-fFile]
[-bBlocks] [-S [Feet] [Feet @Density] [Blocksb]]
[-LInputList] [-NBlocks] [-C Directory] File ...

I understand why, but don't know what parameters to use to get all subdirectories tar'd up.

 

[PHV]

tar -cvf configtool.tar configtool

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[bosoxer1]

I tried that but get:

tar -cvf configtool.tar configtool

tar: configtool.tar: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.

Do I need to specify that its a directory?

 

[PHV]

Do you have write permissions in the current directory ?

Hope This Helps, PH.
Want to get great answers to your Tek-Tips questions? Have a look at FAQ219-2884 or FAQ181-2886

 

[bosoxer1]

Your right. I was sudo'd to another user. Now to untar and test if I have all the sub directories.

Thank You.

 

[mbrooks]

to untar

% tar xf [i]<filename.tar>[/i]

M. Brooks

http://mbrooks.info