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Old 09-10-2008
tar the paths from a input file
Hi,

I have a file paths.txt with all the file paths. I want to tar everything in those paths to a file.
for example paths.txt contains
/data/extention
/logs/extension
/code/extenstion

Now I want to tar using command

tar cvf extention.tar path1 path2
where
path1 -> /data/extention
path2 -> /logs/extension
and so on

The number of paths in file is unknown in advance.
Please help. Thank you in advance.
# 2  
Old 09-10-2008
This should work if there aren't too many paths in the input file:

Code:
tar cvf extention.tar $(cat paths.txt)

Otherwise there are some options to tar to specify an include list file... but it depends on which operating system you are using, so please tell us that.
# 3  
Old 09-10-2008
tar cvf extension.tar -T paths.txt works.. Smilie
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