Re: [ProgSoc] getting the website files

["Andi Halliday" <andi_halliday@nospam.bigpond.com>]

arhallid@nospam.ftoomsh:/home/www/html$ tar -cvzf
~/progsoc.org-webpages.tar.gz --exclude=./lists --exclude=./horde --exclude=
./clubs
tar: Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive
Try `tar --help' for more information.
arhallid@nospam.ftoomsh:/home/www/html$

thats what it spits out :(  damn my incompetence. must learn UNIX!!! :)
any ideas?

--Andi

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nigel Sheridan-Smith" <nbsherid@nospam.secsme.org.au>
To: <progsoc@nospam.progsoc.uts.edu.au>
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 11:36 PM
Subject: RE: [ProgSoc] getting the website files


>
>
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Nigel Sheridan-Smith" <nbsherid@nospam.secsme.org.au>
> > To: <progsoc@nospam.progsoc.uts.edu.au>
> > Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 9:34 PM
> > Subject: RE: [ProgSoc] getting the website files
> >
> >
> > >
> > > cd /home/www/html
> > > tar -cvfz
> > >
> > ~/progsoc.org-webpages.tar.gz --exclude=./lists --exclude=./horde
> > --exclude=
> > > ./clubs .
> > >
>
> Me bad. Switch the 'f' and 'z' in the first option.
>
> tar -cvzf ~/progsoc (etc etc)
>
> Nigel
>
>
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