tylerik
Reputation: 107
how to tar all files in a directory and move that tar to another directory
So I have 2 directors A and B. I want to tar all the files in A and have the .tar file be sent to directory B. How can i do this?
I have tried
sudo tar -C /home/mine/A/ -cvf home/mine/B/test.tar
tar: Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive
Upvotes: 0
Views: 6241
Answers (1)
Wayne Werner
Reputation: 51917
tar -cvf /home/mine/B/test.tar /home/mine/A/
works fine for me.
Upvotes: 3
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