Be sure to make the root directory of the restore your PWD before, because "tar" will unpack in the current directory if you tarred with relative paths (as is advised).
Hello
I'm trying to use a combination of gunzip and tar to unpack and unzip a *.tar.gz file. I tried gunzip ~/myfile.tar.gz | gtar -x
This will unzip the file, but it won't unpack. Any hints?
thanks a lot
Dan (5 Replies)
I am using IRIX 6.5.11 and tcsh. I have created an arcihive by using the command "tar -cvf - /stuff/ /more/stuff|gzip --best>/stuff.tar.gz"
It made an archive of my files without taking up huge amounts of disk space with uncompressed files.
How do I extract files from the archive without... (2 Replies)
Hello,
I am performing a checksum on our software we have installed on a unix solaris 2.0 os.
If the checksum generated report is not the same as a 'Gold' report we have on disk. Then our software is deleted, and reinstalled.
The problem I am having is if you run the program again, the... (3 Replies)
gunzip fnam.tar.gz
After this command execution... .gz file no longer exists... and only fnam.tar is present.
Is it possible to retain the tar.gz file after after using the above command
thx in advance. (4 Replies)
Hi,
I have a tar file with naed ass bcs.tar.gz downlaoded to my work station and It contains all the .c files and .o which i needed. when i am trying to unzip this one i am facing directory checksum error.
What does it mean.How to resolve this.
I tried with tar -xf and tar -tvf... (2 Replies)
I am faced with a situation where I have directories of gunzipped contents bundled into a tar file. It might look something like this.
x coop/batch/bin/ha90x20.gz, 632641 bytes, 1236 tape blocks
x coop/batch/icm/HA90X20.icm.gz, 1821 bytes, 4 tape blocks
x coop/batch/aeenv.gz, 4117 bytes, 9 tape... (2 Replies)
OS: HP-UX
Programs I want to install: expect and tcl
I'm lost.
I bought the book.
I began reading the book.
I want to install expect.
I've been able to download the .z, and extract it successfully.
But, of course, it apparently needs tcl and possibly tk also, and ... I... (0 Replies)
Hello,
Directory name : FIRST ( 28 files - directory size 27043 Mo )
Here is what I ve done :
tar cvf FIRST.tar FIRST Then
gzip FIRST.tar So far evrything's fine
then, I've used GUNZIP and extract the TAR. I used DIFF to check if there is no difference between files (extrat Vs... (1 Reply)
Hi
I wanted to tar and gunzip a file named backup
tar: backup.tar: Wrote only 2244 of 10240 bytes
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
Please tell me what I am doing wrong?
Please do help. (4 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
chroot
chroot(1M) System Administration Commands chroot(1M)NAME
chroot - change root directory for a command
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/chroot newroot command
DESCRIPTION
The chroot utility causes command to be executed relative to newroot. The meaning of any initial slashes (/) in the path names is changed
to newroot for command and any of its child processes. Upon execution, the initial working directory is newroot.
Notice that redirecting the output of command to a file,
chroot newroot command >x
will create the file x relative to the original root of command, not the new one.
The new root path name is always relative to the current root. Even if a chroot is currently in effect, the newroot argument is relative to
the current root of the running process.
This command can be run only by the super-user.
RETURN VALUES
The exit status of chroot is the return value of command.
EXAMPLES
Example 1 Using the chroot Utility
The chroot utility provides an easy way to extract tar files (see tar(1)) written with absolute filenames to a different location. It is
necessary to copy the shared libraries used by tar (see ldd(1)) to the newroot filesystem.
example# mkdir /tmp/lib; cd /lib
example# cp ld.so.1 libc.so.1 libcmd.so.1 libdl.so.1
libsec.so.1 /tmp/lib
example# cp /usr/bin/tar /tmp
example# dd if=/dev/rmt/0 | chroot /tmp tar xvf -
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO cd(1), tar(1), chroot(2), ttyname(3C), attributes(5)NOTES
Exercise extreme caution when referencing device files in the new root file system.
References by routines such as ttyname(3C) to stdin, stdout, and stderr will find that the device associated with the file descriptor is
unknown after chroot is run.
SunOS 5.11 15 Dec 2003 chroot(1M)