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# 15  
Old 12-07-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by sumang24
Looks like this command
$ tar cpzf export.tar.gz /dir/dir1/dir2

Is creating duplicates. I see the tarfile size has outgrown (by 1G ) the tarfile created via
find . ! -name export.tar.gz ! -name . | tar -cpzf export.tar.gz --files-from -
You can always use the v flag to let you know what's going on, like:
Code:
$ tar cvpzf export.tar.gz /dir/dir1/dir2

or log it
Code:
$ tar cvpzf export.tar.gz /dir/dir1/dir2 > /tmp/export.tar.log

That will show up.
# 16  
Old 12-07-2015
I used this command to see the contents:

tar -ztvf export.tar.gz > /tmp/list_tar_ztvf.out
# 17  
Old 12-07-2015
find is recursive like tar - together they might process files multiple times.
The following makes the find non-recursive
Code:
find /dir/dir1/dir2 -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 | tar -cpzf export.tar.gz --files-from -
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