tar multiple files

[hok1man]

Hi guys,

I'm trying to tar up *.ksh, but not successful, the files are in different directory and in different level dir.

so this is what I tried :
find . -name "*.ksh" -exec tar -cf script.tar {} \;

but doesn't work..
the content of script.tar is the last file of the ksh list files..

any suggestion?

 

[feherke]

Hi

I think you want this :

find . -name "*.ksh" | xargs tar -cf script.tar

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[PHV]

I'd use this:

tar -cf script.tar $(find . -name '*.tar')

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886

 

[Annihilannic]

Or if there are a massive number of ksh scripts:

find . -name '*.ksh' | tar -cfI scripts.tar -

The -I option depends on your OS - that one is valid for Solaris. -T or --files-from= are the Linux equivalents. On AIX it's -L... crazy!

Annihilannic.

 

[hok1man]

Thanks guys,

Anni,
are you sure without xargs??
find . -name '*.ksh' | xargs tar -cfI scripts.tar -

 

[PHV]

Using xargs you may launch several tar process and thus get incomplete archive ...

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886