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# 1  
Old 04-12-2004
Data tar pb?
my question is about HP-UX 10.2

i have a system backup by tar cmd ( in a tape)

when restoring ( by this cmd: tar xv / ) , i found that some files and directories existing in the tape are not extracted (ex: like /usr/lbin)

but when specfiying the directory (ex: tar xv /usr/lbin ), it will be extracted

plz help, it is urgent
# 2  
Old 04-13-2004
Hi,

I don't have a final solution for you, but a first work around I think.

Do the tar -tvf <archive> and redirect the output to a file. In the next step use this file together with a small quick and dirty script, which use the entries in the file and extract them each per each.

It is not fine, but you will extract all files in the tar archive.

Regards
malcom
# 3  
Old 04-13-2004
my archive contain thousands of files

making a tar for each file may need more than one year Smilie
# 4  
Old 04-13-2004
Hi,

you should not create a tar file for each file, I mean you should create a ascii file with the listing of your tar archive, and use this listing to extract each file separately via a small script.

ascii file
------------


/foo/bar
/foo/bar2
...

tar xvf archive.tar /foo/bar
tar xvf archive.tar /foo/bar2
...

I know this will need some time :-) but I said, it is only a workaround, not a solution ;-)

Regards
malcom
# 5  
Old 04-13-2004
thank you, but it's not a solution for me Smilie
# 6  
Old 04-13-2004
Do you get any error messages? You might try switching to pax. It can read a tar archive.
# 7  
Old 04-13-2004
plz what do you mean about "switching to pax"
and how to do
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