Tar many directories, in pieces? I have a start, can you fill in?

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Posted by CallMeJ, 09-12-2007, 06:26 PM
I'm trying to tar a ton of directories and files, and breaking them up in an attempt to get around the too many arguments problem. Here's what I tried... tar -czf [s-z]* ../as-z.tgz I thought that would tar all directories and files starting with s, and ending in z, placing the tar one directory up. Instead, I received the following error: -------- tar (child): s1111: Cannot open: Is a directory tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now Broken pipe -------- s1111 was the first direstory starting with s. What am I missing? Any ideas? I've been fighting this issue all day long, and tried numerous other things that didn't work.
Posted by Patrick, 09-12-2007, 06:29 PM
You have it backwards, it should be: tar -czf as-z.tgz [s-z]*
Posted by CallMeJ, 09-12-2007, 07:18 PM
Perfect!! Thanks for taking the time to help.