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# 1  
Old 07-18-2017
Hammer & Screwdriver Untar to a particular directory is Failing
Below are my system and tar details.

Code:
bash-3.2$ uname -a
SunOS mymac 5.10 Generic_150400-40 sun4v sparc sun4v
bash-3.2$ which tar
/usr/bin/tar

I use this command to untar at the file at this location: /web/applications/configurations

Code:
tar -xvf bent.tar -C /web/applications/configurations

and
Code:
tar -xvf bent.tar --directory /web/applications/configurations

MAN page shows the following explaining

Quote:
-C directory file Performs a chdir (see cd(1)) opera-
tion on directory and performs the c
(create) or r (replace) operation on
file. Use short relative path names
I wish to give the complete physical path to the directory location where I wish to untar.

echo $? shows the tar command as successful but nothing is extracted at the destination. Also the command completes promptly as though it did nothing.

Can you please suggest a solution ?
# 2  
Old 07-18-2017
try tar -tvf bent.tar and see what's inside the tarball...
# 3  
Old 07-18-2017
If this is a Solaris system then please try omitting the '-' from the command line, e.g.,

Code:
# tar xvf <whatever>

I'm just suspicious that the '-' is maybe confusing the OS somehow (or perhaps not). Just try it and see what happens and whether it complains.
# 4  
Old 07-18-2017
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hicksd8
If this is a Solaris system then please try omitting the '-' from the command line, e.g.,

Code:
# tar xvf <whatever>

I'm just suspicious that the '-' is maybe confusing the OS somehow (or perhaps not). Just try it and see what happens and whether it complains.
No complaints after removing the '-' but same result ... nothing gets extracted at the given location.

Other suggestions please.

---------- Post updated at 10:17 AM ---------- Previous update was at 10:15 AM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by vgersh99
try tar -tvf bent.tar and see what's inside the tarball...
The tar ball has several files and folders .... It works when I don't specify the destination i.e. extract it at the same location.

Also
Code:
bash-3.2$ du -sh bent.tar
 228M   bent.tar

Other suggestions please.
# 5  
Old 07-18-2017
So back to vgersh99's suggestion, let's list the archive to see if it contains what you expect:

# tar tvf bent.tar

Make a note of the path names listed and particularly whether they start with a '.' (dot - meaning a relative path)
# 6  
Old 07-18-2017
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hicksd8
So back to vgersh99's suggestion, let's list the archive to see if it contains what you expect:

# tar tvf bent.tar

Make a note of the path names listed and particularly whether they start with a '.' (dot - meaning a relative path)
The listing is too big to paste here ... but here is what it looks like.

Code:
bash-3.2$ tar -tvf bent.tar
drwxr-xr-x   0/0        0 Apr 18 00:28 2017 bent/
-rw-r--r--   0/0     5926 Jul 18 03:56 2017 bent/999/Center.xml
-rw-r--r--   0/0      758 Jul 18 03:56 2017 bent/999/Produc.xml
-rw-r--r--   0/0     2673 Jul 18 03:56 2017 bent/999/bent_logo.gif
-rw-r--r--   0/0    49598 Jul 18 03:56 2017 bent/999/documents/xyz_version.pdf
-rw-r--r--   0/0       25 Jul 18 03:56 2017 bent/999/roll/auto.jsp
drwxr-xr-x   0/0        0 Jul 18 03:56 2017 bent/002/
drwxr-xr-x   0/0        0 Jul 18 03:56 2017 bent/002/LEGAL/
drwxr-xr-x   0/0        0 Jul 18 03:56 2017 bent/003/
drwxr-xr-x   0/0        0 Jul 18 03:56 2017 bent/003/LEGAL/
drwxr-xr-x   0/0        0 Jul 18 03:56 2017 bent/007/
drwxr-xr-x   0/0        0 Jul 18 03:56 2017 bent/007/LEGAL/
drwxr-xr-x   0/0        0 Jul 18 03:56 2017 bent/021/
drwxr-xr-x   0/0        0 Jul 18 03:56 2017 bent/021/LEGAL/
drwxr-xr-x   0/0        0 Jul 18 03:56 2017 bent/021/documents/
drwxr-xr-x   0/0        0 Jul 18 03:56 2017 bent/024/
drwxr-xr-x   0/0        0 Jul 18 03:56 2017 bent/024/documents/
drwxr-xr-x   0/0        0 Mar 21 03:17 2017 bent/027/
drwxr-xr-x   0/0        0 Mar 21 03:17 2017 bent/027/documents/
drwxr-xr-x   0/0        0 Jul 18 03:56 2017 bent/028/
......
......
-rw-r--r--   0/0   104727 Jul 18 03:56 2017 bent/inquiry/Formar.xsl
-rw-r--r--   0/0     9105 Jul 18 03:56 2017 bent/inquiry/Trer.xsl
bash-3.2$

Can you please suggest now ?
# 7  
Old 07-18-2017
Untar to a particular directory is Failing
tar -xvf bent.tar -C /web/applications/configurations
and the path /web/applications/configurations exists AND has the proper permissions?
Try untarring it under a diff directory - say /tmp
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