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# 1  
Old 07-30-2009
how to take tar backup of the contents of a file
Hi
I have a file named files.2.backup which holds the location of some directory and file i,e
Code:
$ cat files.2.backup
/d01/app/oracle/product/7.3.2/dbs/fortest_syst_01.dbf
/d01/app/oracle/product/7.3.2/dbs/fortest_temp_01.dbf
/d01/app/oracle/product/7.3.2/dbs/fortestdata_01.dbf
/d01/app/oracle/product/7.3.2/dbs/ora_control5
/d01/app/oracle/product/7.3.2/dbs/ora_control6
/d01/app/oracle/product/7.3.2/dbs/fortest_redo_01.dbf
/d01/app/oracle/product/7.3.2/dbs/fortest_redo_02.dbf
/d01/app/oracle/product/7.3.2/dbs/fortest_redo_03.dbf
/d01/app/oracle/product/7.3.2/network/admin
/d01/app/oracle/product/7.3.2/dbs/initfortest.ora

How can I take tar backup all of these files and directory..
I am using AIX4.3 and my UNIX knowledge is not so high....


Could you please help me to complete my task..


Thanks
suman
# 2  
Old 07-30-2009
Hi.

Use the -L option.

i.e.
Code:
tar cvf myArchive.tar -L files.2.backup

The man page has more information and examples:
Code:
man tar

# 3  
Old 07-30-2009
Open the man page for tar
Code:
man tar

When the man page is open, type shift+7, ie. a slash / and then enter the search string:
Examples

You will find plenty examples how to use tar.
# 4  
Old 07-30-2009
thanks for reply
i have tried
Code:
tar cvf files2backup.tar -L files.2.backup

and when i issue
Code:
tar -xvf files2backup.tar

i got back the original files.2.backup

but i want to backup those files and directory mentioned in the files.2.backup
i,e, in the 9th line of files.2.backup, i mentioned /d01/app/oracle/product/7.3.2/network/admin . this is directory path and there are many files in that directory. I to backup all these files that is the complete directory
# 5  
Old 07-30-2009
You can also use for loop as shown below.....

for i in ` cat files.2.backup`
do
tar -cvf $i
done


HTH
# 6  
Old 07-30-2009
Try
Code:
tar -cvRf files2backup.tar files.2.backup

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