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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Searching a file inside a .tar.gz file by date Post 302863659 by erin00 on Tuesday 15th of October 2013 02:29:55 AM
Old 10-15-2013
it says that "z" is not a recognized flag.
Code:
tar: Not a recognized flag: z
Usage: tar -{c|r|t|u|x} [ -BdDEFhilmopRUsvwZ ] [ -Number ] [ -f TarFil e ]
           [ -b Blocks ] [ -S [ Feet ] | [ Feet@Density ] | [ Blocksb ] ]
           [ -L InputList ] [-X ExcludeFile] [ -N Blocks ] [ -C Directory ] File ...
Usage: tar {c|r|t|u|x} [ bBdDEfFhilLXmNopRsSUvwZ[0-9] ] ]
           [ Blocks ] [ TarFile ] [ InputList ] [ ExcludeFile ]
           [ [ Feet ] | [ Feet@Density ] | [ Blocksb ] ] [-C Directory ] File ...

Last edited by Franklin52; 10-15-2013 at 05:06 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags
 

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