I have a makefile with the following: bindist: @echo Making: bindist @echo -n "Creating tar archive ... " @DATECODE=`/bin/date +"%Y-%m-%d-%H%M"` echo $$DATECODE tar --exclude-from bindist-excludelist.txt \ -zcvf $(DISTDIR)/mikeweb-$(DATECODE).tar.gz * -- Mike A. Harris | Computer Consultant | Capslock Consulting Linux Advocate | Open Source Advocate | Red Hat Linux Fanatic Looking for Linux software? http://freshmeat.net http://www.rpmfind.net http://filewatcher.org http://www.coldstorage.org http://sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ Redhat-devel-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-devel-list