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Old 11-12-2013
How do I create a tar file for only dir and its subdir structures??
How do I create a tar file for only dir and its subdir structures??
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Old 11-12-2013
One approach would be to list only directories under dir
Code:
tar -cf directory_structure.tar $(find /path/to/dir -type d)

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Old 11-12-2013
Code:
tar -cvzf filename.tar.gz DIR_NAME/

---------- Post updated at 10:41 PM ---------- Previous update was at 10:40 PM ----------

Code:
tar -czvf directory.tar.gz -C my_directory .

Last edited by Scott; 11-12-2013 at 07:17 PM.. Reason: Please use code tags
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Old 11-12-2013
I tried,
Code:
tar -cf directory_structure.tar $(find /path/to/dir -type d)

and it did not work.

I tried suggestions from other posts and they did not work either

---------- Post updated at 06:03 PM ---------- Previous update was at 02:13 PM ----------

***** SOLVED ******

After looking at one of the examples in manual. Following code worked.
Code:
find /dir -type d > fl_list
fl=fl_list
tar -cvf my.tar -L $fl

So my guess is 1st line can be changed to get any pattern of files and then using -L option.
Last edited by Scott; 11-12-2013 at 07:18 PM.. Reason: Code tags
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Old 11-12-2013
A POSIX alternative:
Code:
find /dir -type d | pax -wd > my.tar

Regards,
Alister
 
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