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Using GNU tar (1.13) solves the problem.

Simply create an additional entry in the manifest file for the directory, and use --no-recursion.

Thanks for your help.

Thanks both of you for the input.

I checked the xargs point about max command line, and my backups will fit within the limit (script needs to be clearly commented though...).

So using the...

Hi,

I'm creating a tar image containing selected files held in a manifest file thus:

cat <manifest file> | xargs tar -cvpf tar.out

I need to preserve the directory as well as the file perms....