On 06/08/2010 10:35 PM, I wrote (without checking first): > > If you ask for just files and not the directories that contain them, > or if the archive doesn't contain entries for the directories, then > the target directories must already exist. Hmmm, that doesn't seem to be true any more. Looks like tar has gotten smarter about creating the missing directories. Sorry. -- Bob Nichols "NOSPAM" is really part of my email address. Do NOT delete it. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines