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03-17-2008

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Well difficult to tell exactly what happened..from the description.But to avoid such scenarios, you can get a list of , what all has been included in the tar file. Following piece of code might help..

# Get full list of sub-directories and files in tar file
print
print "Determining list of files archived -- this may take 3-4 minutes. Process starting . . ."
cat $TARFILE | /usr/contrib/bin/gunzip | tar -tVf - >$LISTFILE
print " . . . Listing now complete."
num_files_in_tar=$(cat $LISTFILE | wc -l)
num_directory_files_in_tar=$(cat $LISTFILE | grep ^d | wc -l)
num_link_files_in_tar=$(cat $LISTFILE | grep ^l | wc -l)
num_ordinary_files_in_tar=$(cat $LISTFILE | grep ^- | wc -l)
num_block_files_in_tar=$(cat $LISTFILE | grep ^b | wc -l)
num_character_files_in_tar=$(cat $LISTFILE | grep ^c | wc -l)
num_network_files_in_tar=$(cat $LISTFILE | grep ^n | wc -l)
num_fifo_files_in_tar=$(cat $LISTFILE | grep ^p | wc -l)
num_socket_files_in_tar=$(cat $LISTFILE | grep ^s | wc -l)
let num_other_files_in_tar=num_ordinary_files_in_tar+num_block_files_in_tar+num_character_files_in_tar+n um_network_files_in_tar+num_fifo_files_in_tar+num_socket_files_in_tar

where :
TARFILE : Name of your tar file.
LISTFILE : Name of the file which would be used for listing.

LISTFILE=/path_name/archive_lst_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M)

Hope this helps..

Thanks!
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gnomevfs-cat

gnomevfs-cat(1) 						   User Commands						   gnomevfs-cat(1)

NAME

       gnomevfs-cat - print a file to standard output using the VFS system

SYNOPSIS

       gnomevfs-cat URI

DESCRIPTION

       gnomevfs-cat is obsolete.  It has been superseded by gvfs-cat.  See gvfs-cat(1).

       gnomevfs-cat prints a file to standard output using the virtual file system to access the file via a URI.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       URI	       Specifies the file location in standard URI format.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Cat a File From a Web Server

       example% gnomevfs-cat http://www.sun.com

       Example 2: Cat a Local File

       example% gnomevfs-cat file:///home/user/README.txt

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables: NLSPATH.

EXIT STATUS

       The exit value 0 is returned regardless of success or failure.

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/gnomevfs-cat   Executable to print a file to standard output using the VFS system

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-vfs		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |Obsolete Volatile 	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       gnomevfs-copy(1), gnomevfs-info(1), gnomevfs-ls(1), gnomevfs-mkdir(1), gvfs-cat(1), attributes(5), environ(5)

NOTES

       Written by Stephen Browne, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.

SunOS 5.11							    14 May 2008 						   gnomevfs-cat(1)