On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 09:59:50AM -0600, Montz, James C. (James Tower) wrote: <snip> > Questions: > It's not clear to me what exactly DATE should be when using the --newer > (-N, --after-date) options. > The man page only shows; > -N, --after-date DATE, --newer DATE > only store files newer than DATE Like many GNU utilities, the man page is adequate and you have to look at the info page to get the necessary details. Here's a link, though you should be able to get it from "info tar" as well: http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/info/tar/tar_7.html#SEC100 -- Jim Crumley |Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List (TCLUG) Ruthless Debian Zealot |http://www.mn-linux.org/ Never laugh at live dragons | _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list