Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!rutgers!topaz.rutgers.edu!ron From: ron@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: tar frustration (was Re: relative pathname question!) Message-ID:Date: 14 Aug 88 19:17:42 GMT References: <1670003@hpcilzb.HP.COM< <5762@super.upenn.edu< <1414@valhalla.ee.rochester.edu< <2858@ttrdc.UUCP< <7056@conexch.UUCP> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 7 The reason you can't just do "tar cv `cat filenames`" is that tar will always search down through directories. Someone pointed out that Gilmore's PD tar has a -T option that will allow you to avoid this while reading a file. If this is so, I suggest people get a copy. My cpio-user-interfaced tar is not really distribution quality but it does work. -Ron