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# 8  
Old 11-18-2010
Hello

I use the code:
find . -name '/ODS/prepaid/CDR_FLOW/WORK/VOICE*' -o -name '/ODS/prepaid/CDR_FLOW/WORK/SUBSCR*' -o -name '/ODS/prepaid/CDR_FLOW/WORK/DEL*' -o -name '/ODS/prepaid/CDR_FLOW/WORK/EVENTS*' -o -name '/ODS/prepaid/CDR_FLOW/WORK/CREDIT*' -o -name '/ODS/prepaid/CDR_FLOW/WORK/RTCHANGE*' -o -name '/ODS/prepaid/CDR_FLOW/WORK/GPRS*' -o -name '/ODS/prepaid/CDR_FLOW/WORK/EXPRS*' -o -name '/ODS/prepaid/CDR_FLOW/WORK/ACTIV*' -o -name >filelist tar cv -I filelist -f backup.tar

and i get:

 
expera@rapdb2:/ODS/prepaid/SCRIPTS> /ODS/prepaid/CDR_FLOW/WORK/CREDIT*' -o -name '/ODS/prepaid/CDR <
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# 9  
Old 11-18-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by chriss_58
Code:
find ... -o -name >filelist | tar cv -I filelist -f backup.tar

You have one "-o -name" without argument at the end of the file command. Please remove this and try again.
# 10  
Old 11-18-2010
Code:
cd /ODS/prepaid/CDR_FLOW/WORK
for file in VOICE* SUBSCR* DEL* EVENTS* CREDIT* RTCHANGE* GPRS* ACTIV* EXPR*
do
  tar uvf backup.tar $file
done

---------- Post updated at 10:13 AM ---------- Previous update was at 10:09 AM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by chriss_58
Hello

I use the code:
[TABLE]find . -name '/ODS/prepaid/CDR_FLOW/WORK/VOICE*' -o -name '/ODS/prepaid/CDR_FLOW/WORK/SUBSCR*' -o -name '/ODS/prepaid/CDR_FLOW/WORK/DEL*' -o -name '/ODS/prepaid/CDR_FLOW/WORK/EVENTS*' -o -name '/ODS/prepaid/CDR_FLOW/WORK/CREDIT*' -o -name '/ODS/prepaid/CDR_FLOW/WORK/RTCHANGE*' -o -name '/ODS/prepaid/CDR_FLOW/WORK/GPRS*' -o -name '/ODS/prepaid/CDR_FLOW/WORK/EXPRS*' -o -name '/ODS/prepaid/CDR_FLOW/WORK/ACTIV*' -o -name >filelist | tar cv -I filelist -f backup.tar

Code:
find /ODS/prepaid/CDR_FLOW/WORK -name 'VOICE*' -o -name 'SUBSCR*' -o -name 'DEL*' -o -name 'EVENTS*' -o -name 'CREDIT*' -o -name 'RTCHANGE*' -o -name 'GPRS*' -o -name 'EXPRS*' -o -name 'ACTIV*' -type f >filelist
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