Re: [tlug] Using tar to archive files

[Dave M G <martin@??>]

Edmund,

Thank you for replying.
> Maybe something like this would work?
> tar -cvzf archive.tgz -C directory . --exclude directory/subdir

That puts all the files inside the archive underneath a directory named ".".


> Not sure I understood the bit about empty directories, so I can't help 
> you with that, I'm afraid... 

It looks to me like the default behavior is for empty directories to not 
be included in the archive. When I create an archive then view it with 
the Archive Manager application, they don't seem to be there.

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