how can I 'tar' my source files

[Peter Hug]

I'm trying to use tar to create a tar file that includes all the *.h and *.cpp files in all subdirectories and includes their relative path.

I thought I could do something like:

tar cvf backup.tar -c . *.h *.cpp

but this seems to ignore ' *.h *.cpp' and stores everything?

I'm lost.

[Sundar_7 · Accepted solution]

Try this

tar -cvf backup.tar $(find . -name "*.h" -o -name "*.cpp" -print)

[Sยภเl Kย๓คг]

Sunder is absolutely correct
tar -cvf backup.tar $(find . -name "*.h" -o -name "*.cpp" -print) will do
regards
SK

[Muthukumar_5]

hai guru sundar,

tar -cvf backup.tar $(find . -name "*.h" -o -name "*.cpp" -print) will not work here.

I will only get *.h header files only not *.cpp files.

while using -o option we have to use () on this as,

tar -cvf backup.tar $(find . \( -name "*.h" -o -name "*.cpp" \) -print)

It will work now.

Else simply as,

tar -cvf backup.tar `find . -name "*.h" -o -name "*.cpp"`

It will work there.