[Opensim-dev] IAR tar format

[Kevin Cozens]

On 2023-01-02 05:53, ssm2017 wrote:
> what is the tar command line options/parameters to tar an iar ?

As you mentioned in your message, the order does matter. Telling the system 
to archive "*" won't guarantee the correct order. IIRC, it will do 
sub-directories first and may do it in alphabetical order putting assets 
ahead of inventory before it gets to the archive.xml file. Also, * as you 
also noted can get you a warning about a command line that is too long as 
"*" gets expanded to the list of files before the command is executed.

Instead use:
    tar cfz name-of-tar-file.iar archive.xml inventory/* assets/*

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