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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: tar: Pathname too long
Date: 11 Oct 2016 17:15:17 GMT
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On 2016-10-11, Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> wrote:
> On 10/5/16 7:35 PM, Robert Peirce wrote:
>> Got this from Google.
>>
>> This construct produces the usual error:
>>
>> find ./$i -newer TS -type f -print0 | tar --null -n -rf  ~/pictures.t -T -
>>
>> This one doesn't except after building the correct file it ends by
>> deleting it contents:
>>
>> find ./$i -newer TS -type f -print0 | tar --null -n -cf  ~/pictures.t -T -
>
>
> I was hoping somebody might be able to explain what is going on here. 

I gave some suggestions, but you never even responded. Oh well.

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