unsubmitted _74 tweaks

[perl5.git] / eg / findtar

#!/usr/bin/perl

# $RCSfile: findtar,v $$Revision: 4.1 $$Date: 92/08/07 17:20:13 $

# findtar takes find-style arguments and spits out a tarfile on stdout.
# It won't work unless your find supports -ls and your tar the I flag.

$args = join(' ',@ARGV);
open(find,"/usr/bin/find $args -ls |") || die "Can't run find for you.";

open(tar,"| /bin/tar cIf - -") || die "Can't run tar for you: $!";

while (<find>) {
    @x = split(' ');
    if ($x[2] =~ /^d/) { print tar '-d ';}
    print tar $x[10],"\n";
}