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From: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re^2: tar help
Keywords: tar, SUN unix 4.2
Message-ID: <2827@solo3.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 3 Jul 89 20:41:17 GMT
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samlb@magellan.arc.nasa.gov (Samuel B. Bassett) writes:
\...	cd ~
\	mkdir tmp
\	cd tmp
\	tar cvf GUGU.tar ..
\	mv GUGU.tar <wherever>
\	cd ..
\	rmdir tmp

SunOS 3.5 tar WILL include ../tmp/GUGU.tar.
I suspect your tar will do the same; have you checked afterwards with
tar vtf GUGU.tar?

\	Actually, the last parameter (directory to archive) can be
\anything -- you could say:
\
\	cd ~
\	tar cvf bin.tar /bin

THIS is a rather different story! The tar file isn't placed into the file
hierarchy being tarred, so it's obvious this command will work.
                ^^^^^^
		Where's the command `feather'? :-)

BTW: Where does that st.... name `GUGU' stand for, Gill?
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