-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Am Sonntag, 29. Februar 2004 20:42 schrieb Oliver Fuchs:
> I want to tar my whole / directory. > > I do > tar cvfz test.tar.gz / > and afterwards trying to untar the directory I receive the error-message: > tar::Cannot mkdir: No such file or directory > > Typing tar tf test.tar the list shows me: > > / > /boot > /root > [...] > > I do not understand why tar is adding the first entry "/" to the archieve > and I cannot find a way how to prevent tar from doing this. Try cd / tar cvfz test.tar.gz . - -- MfG usw. Werner Mahr registered Linuxuser: 295882 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAQkg61jkT71DQrmARAsyZAJ9p5HqHvQ/gWW1pRO5ARZuFCnrk5gCgnXgy l/M39l/9kCPT9pE7oeO2PEE= =YMzq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]