Re: Command failure: Too Many Files (rm, ls, tar)

[Bob Proulx]

Browder, Tom wrote:
> Bob Proulx wrote:
> >For your 'tar' case you can avoid the argument expansion 
> >entirely simply by giving '.' as the argument.
> >
> >  tar cvzf xfer.tgz .
> 
> Hm, when I try this the tgz archive gets sucked back into itself.

Oops.  You are right.  I typed that in too quickly.  Of course it is
possible to put the tar archive elsewhere.

  tar cvzf ../xfer.tgz .
  tar cvzf /tmp/xfer.tgz .

Also if you are simply sync'ing two directories then I recommend using
'rsync' for this.  It is a great tool and designed for just such
activity.

  rsync -av ./fromhere host1.example.com:/to/there/

  rsync -avz --progress ./fromhere host1.example.com:/to/there/

Bob