SUMMARY: tar with -C and wildcard

From: <tsh_at_mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 12:35:25 +0100 (BST)

Thanks Tim and Olle,

The * is expanded by the shell (filename globbing) and not by tar itself.
(Why didnt I know this? - I'll blame it on Monday morning'itis)
Escaping it with \*, or enclosing the whole thing in ' ' doesnt help.
Looks like we cant do this sort if thing...

Cheers,
Terry.
Received on Mon Apr 14 2003 - 11:36:01 NZST