Subject: Re: how to create .tgz package
To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@chylonia.3miasto.net>
From: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@research.att.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 12/27/2001 11:56:56 
In message <Pine.NEB.4.33.0112271744340.2202-100000@chylonia.3miasto.net>, Wojc
iech Puchar writes:
>from binary files which i have listed in file
>
>


Assuming that you just want to create a compressed tar file, and that 
you're not talking about the package system, use


	tar czf outfile.tgz `cat /list/of/files/to/include`

If you are talking about the package system, see pkg_tarup.


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