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Quoting "Mark M. Hoffman" <mhoffman@lightlink.com>:
> * Jon Nelson <quincy@linuxnotes.net> [2005-05-06 15:14:57 -0400]:
> >
> > $ find ../dir1/ | xargs tar cvf test.tar
>
> Ugh, no. The xargs man page says:
[...]
> If you use xargs with tar that way (on a big enough directory tree)
> you will end up missing files.
It's on the right track. Try:
find ../dir1/ | xargs tar rvf test.tar
pls
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