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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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virt-tar-out(1) 					      Virtualization Support						   virt-tar-out(1)

NAME

       virt-tar-out - Pack a virtual machine disk image directory into a tarball.

SYNOPSIS

	virt-tar-out -a disk.img /dir files.tar

	virt-tar-out -d domain /dir files.tar

	virt-tar-out -d domain /dir - | gzip --best > files.tar.gz

DESCRIPTION

       "virt-tar-out" packs a virtual machine disk image directory into a tarball.

       The first parameter is the absolute path of the virtual machine directory.  The second parameter is the tar file to write.  Use "-" to
       write to standard output.

EXAMPLES

       Download the home directories from a guest:

	virt-tar-out -d MyGuest /home - | gzip --best > homes.tar.gz

JUST A SHELL SCRIPT WRAPPER AROUND GUESTFISH

       This command is just a simple shell script wrapper around the guestfish(1) "tar-out" command.  For anything more complex than a trivial
       copy, you are probably better off using guestfish directly.

OPTIONS

       Since the shell script just passes options straight to guestfish, read guestfish(1) to see the full list of options.

SEE ALSO

       guestfish(1), virt-cat(1), virt-copy-in(1), virt-copy-out(1), virt-edit(1), virt-tar-in(1), <http://libguestfs.org/>.

AUTHORS

       Richard W.M. Jones ("rjones at redhat dot com")

COPYRIGHT

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       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

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