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From: moss@brl.mil (Gary S. Moss (VLD/VMB) <moss>)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: tar not working as advertised
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Date: 19 Sep 90 19:59:33 GMT
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In article <9009191022.aa05623@VGR.BRL.MIL>, HCART@VAX.OXFORD.AC.UK writes:
|>   find / -local ! -type d -mtime -7 -type f -print | tar ca-
|> 
|> as shown in TFM, nothing is written to tape.
No, the tar command doesn't take the '-' (meaning read STDIN) as a key
letter, but as an argument to the 'f' key, try "tar caf -".  Note, the
space after the 'f', I believe it is mandatory.

RTFM carefully,
-Gary