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

Neil Aggarwal neil at JAMMConsulting.com
Thu Mar 26 17:11:50 CDT 2009


Val:

Yes, I am using GNU tar (I am on CentOS 5).

I tried this command:
/bin/tar -z -c -N 2009-03-25 -f /tmp/test.tgz data

And I still get the same thing.  There are old files
in the tgz file.

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




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