On 8/1/2011 4:47 PM, Rory Toma wrote:
>
> Let me say, the default command threw me for some time:
>
> #    $Conf{TarClientCmd} = '$tarPath -c -v -f - -C /mnt/$host/$shareName'
> #                        . ' --totals';
>
>
> as I interpreted the "." as a tar argument, rather than perl syntax. 8-)

Errr, '.' is the target, meaning 'current directory'.  The -C option 
tells tar to change its working directory to the specified path, then it 
backs it up using '.' to have only relative paths in the backup.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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