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On Fri, 24 Mar 2000 13:52:54 +0000, phil hunt
<philh@vision25.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> How do people make tarballs?
> 
> This is not as stupid a question as it sounds. I know the 'tar'
> command, and I know that for example:
> 
>    tar czvf parrot-0.2.5.tgz parrot-0.2.5/
> 
> will create a file 'parrot-0.2.5.tgz' which when untarred will put its
> contents in a subdirectory called 'parrot-0.2.5'.
> 
> The way i do this is that first I create a directory parrot-0.2.5/
> which contains evereything I want to include from the parrot/
> directory to go into the tarball. This is potentially error-prone,
> especially as it is a routine (& therefore boring) administrative
> task. Then I execute the tar command above.
> 
> Is there an easier way?

You could create a list of the files you want included and then use
tar's -T option to only select those files:

 % tar cvzTf list parrot-0.2.5.tgz

If you already have an untarred archive then you can create the file of
names with find:

 % find parrot-0.2.5 -print > list

[This assumes that your working directory is called `parrot-0.2.5'. If
not, rename it (temporarily) with `mv'].
-- 
stephen