Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!mhres!jv From: jv@mh.nl (Johan Vromans) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: Re: Zoo and directories Message-ID: Date: 18 Sep 89 03:33:28 GMT References: <14683@bfmny0.UU.NET> Sender: jv@mhres.mh.nl Distribution: comp Organization: Multihouse Gouda, the Netherlands Lines: 31 In article <14683@bfmny0.UU.NET> tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff) writes: > Use the I modifier to archive directory trees. "I" means ZOO takes > the list of filenames from the standard input. This is not really > different from tar or cpio as they are usually used. > > find * -print | zoo aI sample.zoo It is much harder to learn novice users lots of switches than a simple and elegant zoo -add sample * The same goes for extraction: zoo x// sample is less intiutive than zoo -extract sample Remember: I'm talking about novice users, not gurus like you (and me :-). Johan -- Johan Vromans jv@mh.nl via internet backbones Multihouse Automatisering bv uucp: ..!{mcvax,hp4nl}!mh.nl!jv Doesburgweg 7, 2803 PL Gouda, The Netherlands phone/fax: +31 1820 62944/62500 ------------------------ "Arms are made for hugging" -------------------------