[NTLUG:Discuss] tar with -N option still picking up old files

[Val Harris]

Neil Aggarwal wrote:
> Hello:
> 
> I tried this command to tar up a set of data files
> updated since yesterday (The data directory contains
> multiple files with varying dates):
> 
> /bin/tar -z -c -N 20090325 -f /tmp/test.tgz data
> 
> When I look at the content of the test.tgz file,
> it looks like it copied the content of the entire
> directory, not just the newer files.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> 	Neil
> 
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If your distro is using GNU tar, I don't think that is a valid date.

See: http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/index.html

IHTH,
-- 
Val W. Harris              valwharris at verizon.net

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