On Fri, 2004-06-18 at 11:58, Ed K. wrote: > On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > > On Fri, 2004-06-18 at 11:23, Ed K. wrote: > >> On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > >>> I need help, > >>> > >>> EIther google isn't finding the stuffs or my search terms are too > >>> muddled. > >>> > >>> I just want to create a tar archive from a directory file listing. > >>> > >>> something like > >>> > >>> ls -laR ~/the/dir/to/list | tar -cvf - /tmp/tarred-dir-list.tar.gz > >>> > >>> I can't seem to find the correct syntax > >> > >> I think you are looking for something like: > >> > >> find ~/the/dir/to/list -type f | tar -cvf /tmp/tarred-dir-list.tar.gz -T - > > > > This didn't work either. End up with the same problem as Alexander's suggestion. > > > > I only want the directory listing. I do not want to tar up the files too > > > > hum, then try: > > find ~/the/dir/to/list -type d | tar -cvf /tmp/tarred-dir-list.tar.gz -T - --no-recursion This just gives me directory names. What about the files in it? If I use -type f I get a complete tar!
