I have now tried it from the command line and $ tar tzf mytar.tgz gives: gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--format violated tar: Child returned status 1 tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors Any ideas? On Friday 30 April 2004 10:16, Ben Stringer wrote: > On Fri, 2004-04-30 at 16:53, J.L. Coenders wrote: > > Hi all, > > Does anyone know what how to hidden and backup files into an archive with > > tar/zip/rar? > > I want to backup my ~/Mail directory, but somehow it doesn't work with > > Fileroller so I want to try it manually (errors). However, I cannot find > > how > > What are the errors? > > > to pack hidden files. Maybe I am looking for the wrong thing or does > > anyone have another solution to my problem. > > And how can I test an archive to see if it works proper? > > With "dot" files, you can either let tar's recursion pick them up by > tarring from the parent directory, or by specifying a regex that matches > them (like .??*). > > Here is an example of the former case. The "tar tzf" is showing you the > contents of the compressed tarfile. Take out all the "z"'s if you don;t > want compression. > > $ mkdir tartest > $ cd tartest > $ echo "Hello" > .hidden > $ echo "Goodbye" > not_hidden > $ cd .. > $ tar czvf mytar.tgz tartest > ... > $ tar tzf mytar.tgz > tartest/ > tartest/.hidden > tartest/not_hidden > > Cheers, Ben > > > Thanks, > > Jeroen
