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Old 09-13-2017
Another option:-

Code:
cd /path/to/main/dir
for subdir in *
do
   pushd $subdir
   if [ $? =0 ]
   then
      tar -cvf ../$subdir.tar .
      popd
   else
      echo "Failed to change to \"$subdir\"" >&2
   fi
done

This will safely change into & out of the directories you are working with and create a .tar for each on in the main directory (the big huge path you list) or you could direct them to a specific location if that is better for you.


I hope that this helps,
Robin
 

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