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Untar a TAR file at different location
Post 302071049 by sunshine737 on Tuesday 11th of April 2006 06:45:26 PM
04-11-2006
when i use
tar -xvf /destinationfolder sourceDirectory/myTar.tar
then it throws error:
tar: 0511-164 There is a media read or write block size error.
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but pax is not installed.
so i have only possibility of using command: tar
i searched complete site and also most of the google.
still not found exact answer.
any idea?
tar -xvf /destinationfolder sourceDirectory/myTar.tar
then it throws error:
tar: 0511-164 There is a media read or write block size error.
------------------------------------------------------
but pax is not installed.
so i have only possibility of using command: tar
i searched complete site and also most of the google.
still not found exact answer.
any idea?
Last edited by sunshine737; 04-11-2006 at 08:26 PM..
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tar.h
tar.h(3HEAD) Headers tar.h(3HEAD) NAME
tar.h, tar - extended tar definitions SYNOPSIS
#include <tar.h> DESCRIPTION
The <tar.h> header defines header block definitions as follows. Name Description Value TMAGIC "ustar" ustar plus null byte TMAGLEN 6 length of the above TVERSION "00" 00 without a null byte TVERSLEN 2 length of the above Typeflag field definitions: Name Description Value REGTYPE '0' regular file AREGTYPE ' ' regular file LNKTYPE '1' link SYMTYPE '2' symbolic link CHRTYPE '3' character special BLKTYPE '4' block special DIRTYPE '5' directory FIFOTYPE '6' FIFO special CONTTYPE '7' reserved Mode field bit definitions (octal): Name Description Value TSUID 04000 set UID on execution TSGID 02000 set GID on execution TSVTX 01000 on directories, restricted deletion flag TUREAD 00400 read by owner TUWRITE 00200 write by owner special TUEXEC 00100 execute/search by owner TGREAD 00040 read by group TGWRITE 00020 write by group TGEXEC 00010 execute/search by group TOREAD 00004 read by other TOWRITE 00002 write by other TOEXEC 00001 execute/search by other ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Standard | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
pax(1), attributes(5), standards(5) SunOS 5.10 10 Sep 2004 tar.h(3HEAD)