[Wylug-help] Sh problem

[Anne Wilson]

On Thursday 17 April 2008 12:22:59 John Hodrien wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Apr 2008, Towle, William wrote:
> >  You've got two options here, depending which you think
> > is neatest. The quoting style is important in the first
> > case because of the way you want date's output used:
> >
> > 	tar cvpzf "/media/USB Flash Memory/partition1/EeePC$(date
> > +%F).tar.gz" --exclude=/media* --exclude=/proc/* --exclude=/lost+found/*
> > --exclude=/mnt/* --exclude=/sys/* --exclude=/home.* /
> > 	tar cvpzf /media/USB' 'Flash' 'Memory/partition1/EeePC$(date
> > +%F).tar.gz --exclude=/media* --exclude=/proc/* --exclude=/lost+found/*
> > --exclude=/mnt/* --exclude=/sys/* --exclude=/home.* /
>
> I'd pose a third more common option than your second:
>
>       tar cvpzf /media/USB\ Flash\ Memory/partition1/EeePC$(date
>
Thanks, all of you.  It was slightly odd, in that it gave me a root prompt, so 
I thought it had failed again.  I typed 'exit' and it returned to user prompt 
and the directories started to scroll!

The result, however, is just what I needed, so thanks again.

Anne


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