samba - Mar 2004 - smbclient won't tar empty directories

Hello,

I guess this question has been asked several times, but unfortenuately
I don't find an answer neither in the search machines nor in the groups.

I backup my windows clients using smbclient with the tar option.
Works great, but no empty directories are in the created tar file.
I read the smblient and tar's manpage, without finding the necessary
option. Does anybody know how I can include these nasty emtpy
directories?

command:
smbclient  //server/share "test" -U test -N -Tqc foo.tar TestDirectory

BTW, if I use tar without smbclient, empty directories are included
by default.

Thanks for your held in advance!
Christian

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On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, Christian Gr?ndemann wrote:
> I guess this question has been asked several times, but unfortenuately I
> don't find an answer neither in the search machines nor in the groups.
> 
> I backup my windows clients using smbclient with the tar option. Works
> great, but no empty directories are in the created tar file. I read the
> smblient and tar's manpage, without finding the necessary option. Does
> anybody know how I can include these nasty emtpy directories?
> 
> command:
> smbclient  //server/share "test" -U test -N -Tqc foo.tar
TestDirectory
> 
> BTW, if I use tar without smbclient, empty directories are included
> by default.
Best to file a report wuth https://bugzilla.samba.org/
Thanks.




cheers, jerry
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