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List:       aix-l
Subject:    regular expressions and tar
From:       "Taylor, David" <DTaylor () WBMI ! COM>
Date:       2003-05-30 20:52:30
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Hi *

I am attempting to tar all the subdirectories that begin with the letters a-d.  The \
command I used was:

tar -cvf  /dev/rmt0  [a-d]*

Looking at the process list, it shows that the shell expanded the arguments \
correctly:

wbmpxdb01 / # ps -fu XPbackup
     UID   PID  PPID   C    STIME    TTY  TIME CMD
XPbackup 18312 64408   2   May 29  pts/2 33:45 tar -cvf /dev/rmt0 /XPmnt brwarne \
clparch data ddmarqu dmbichl dmwiesn XPbackup 64408 72142   0   May 28  pts/2  0:00 \
-ksh wbmpxdb01 / #

However, as I watch the output to the screen, tar is going after every subdirectory.

I have tested this using different ranges and it always grabs all of the \
subdirectories.

Can anyone explain why it might be doing this?

TIA

David


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