I have a CD with a number of files on. I am trying to extract a list for files with a certain extension and then copy them to another location with the directory structure intact.
To do this I choose tar and find:
cd /mnt/cdrom tar -cf ~ash/test.tar `find . -name "*.dwg" -print`
This would create a tarball, which I could copy, and expand into a new location.
However, on running the command the following error is returned:
"/bin/tar Argument list too long"
There are probably around 4000 files on the CD with a .dwg extension. How can I get around this problem? Is there a better solution to what I am trying to achieve?
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Ashley T. Howes, Ph.D http://www.ashleyhowes.com
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Ashley ashley@ashleyhowes.com wrote:
cd /mnt/cdrom
Try this:
find . -name '*.dwg' -print >/tmp/test.manifest tar -cf ~ash/test.tar --files-from /tmp/test.manifest
Untested, no warranty, etc.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 02:55:28PM +0000, MJ Ray wrote:
Ashley ashley@ashleyhowes.com wrote:
cd /mnt/cdrom
Try this:
find . -name '*.dwg' -print >/tmp/test.manifest tar -cf ~ash/test.tar --files-from /tmp/test.manifest
You might be able to do:
find . -name '*.dwg' -print |tar -cf ~ash/test.tar --files-from -
too, but again, it's not tested.
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