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On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:45:36 -0500, Dale wrote: |
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> > The same way you change directory when you extract, with -C. |
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> > tar cf archive.tar -C /mnt/gentoo . |
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> Well, it don't like that here. I used your command and replaced with |
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> the correct parts of course: |
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> root@smoker / # tar cf /data/Gentoo-stuff/stage4-x86-04-2009.tar -C |
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> /mnt/gentoo |
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> tar: Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive |
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> Try `tar --help' or `tar --usage' for more information. |
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> root@smoker / # |
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> I'm missing something that is likely very obvious here. |
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Yep, the final '.' |
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Neil Bothwick |
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