To create the .tar file, I was in a temp directory and ran the following:
Code:
'tar -cvf myfile.tar /pulsar/paysrc/libsrc'
Then, viewing the tar using
Code:
'tar tvf myfile.tar'
I see that all the contents of libsrc...as an example:
Code:
'-rw-rw-r-- 203 224 521 Jun 10 10:57:17 2002 /pulsar/paysrc/libsrc/exists_file.c
'
So, I will then need to FTP myfile.tar from Unix to my pc and then to a remote Unix server where it will need to be extracted. I am thinking that, since the path is included, it will attempt to extract to the original directory (/pulsar/paysrc/libsrc)...but I am not clear on this. If this is true, then will the directory tree be created or will we have to make the appropriate directories first?
Just for further info - we are testing an upgrade to our Unix server and to the latest version of AIX and the whole purpose of this is to see if all our programs (some of which are very old) will run on the new system. Programs are written in C and in Fortran as well as some shell scripts. The new server is not in-house, but rather is being provided remotely for our testing.
I would like to know how to compare a listing of directories that begin with the same four numbers ie.
/1234cat
/1234tree
/1234fish
and move all these directories into one directory
Thanks in advance (2 Replies)
Hi all,
I want to only tar the Directories and the Sub Directories. I dont want the files which are created in those directories.
Can you please help me out in this issue.
Regards
Andy (3 Replies)
TIA,
I'm using FreeBSD 6
I have a series of Directories (A,B,C,...Z). Each directory has files and other directories within it.
I want to compress the contents of each top directory into a single file so that I get an archive of each directory (for example, A.gzip) AND and want to move... (5 Replies)
Hi,
I have various log files in different paths. e.g.
a/b/c/d/e/server.log
a/b/c/d/f/server.log
a/b/c/d/g/server.log
a/b/c/h/e/server.log
a/b/c/h/f/server.log
a/b/c/h/g/server.log
a/b/c/i/e/server.log
a/b/c/i/e/server.log
a/b/c/i/e/server.log
and above these have an archive folder... (6 Replies)
Hi
I am after a simple script to move folders/files from one directory into another directory on the same server. I want to run a cron so this can run at midnight.
Issue is there will not always be data in the source folder.
This script works fine but it errors if nothing exists in the source... (3 Replies)
hi , could you help me with shell scripting
in a shell script i have these commands
a=`ls -R $dir | grep ./ `
cp -R ./$a/* ./$output/
with the first command i have all the directories with the second command i want to copy them in a new directory something like this... (2 Replies)
I have the following folder structure
code/f1/
code/lib/t1
code/lib/t2
code/lib/t3
code/lib/t3
code/lib_1/t1
code/exc
I would like to create a tar with a folder structure below and I can use the following tar command
f1
lib/t1
lib/t2
lib/t3
tar -cvf code.tar -C code f1 lib... (4 Replies)
Hi,
In a parent directory there are several files in the form
IDENTIFIER1x
IDENTIFIER1.yyy
IDENTIFIER1_Z, etc
IDENTIFIER2x
IDENTIFIER2.yyy
IDENTIFIER2_Z, etc
IDENTIFIER3x
IDENTIFIER3.yyy,
IDENTIFIER3_Z, etcIn the same parent directory there are corresponding directories named... (7 Replies)
Dear All,
I would like move some directories in another location.
Basically, my ls -lis
drwxr-xr-x 3 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 4096 Feb 24 02:18 data.N701_N502.ABCDE
-rw-r--r-- 1 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 185865797 Feb 23 11:27 data.N701_N502.ABCDE_file1
-rw-r--r-- 1 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX... (2 Replies)
Hello,
I'm a first time poster looking for help in scripting a task in my daily routine. I am new in unix but i am attracted to its use as a mac user.
Bear with me...
I have several files (20) that I manually drag via the mouse into several named directories over a network. I've used rsync... (14 Replies)
Discussion started by: SonnyClark
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LEARN ABOUT PLAN9
tar
TAR(1) General Commands Manual TAR(1)NAME
tar - archiver
SYNOPSIS
tar key [ file ... ]
DESCRIPTION
Tar saves and restores file trees. It is most often used to transport a tree of files from one system to another. The key is a string
that contains at most one function letter plus optional modifiers. Other arguments to the command are names of files or directories to be
dumped or restored. A directory name implies all the contained files and subdirectories (recursively).
The function is one of the following letters:
c Create a new archive with the given files as contents.
x Extract the named files from the archive. If a file is a directory, the directory is extracted recursively. Modes are restored if
possible. If no file argument is given, extract the entire archive. If the archive contains multiple entries for a file, the lat-
est one wins.
t List all occurrences of each file in the archive, or of all files if there are no file arguments.
r The named files are appended to the archive.
The modifiers are:
v (verbose) Print the name of each file treated preceded by the function letter. With t, give more details about the archive entries.
f Use the next argument as the name of the archive instead of the default standard input (for keys x and t) or standard output (for
keys c and r).
u Use the next (numeric) argument as the user id for files in the output archive. This is only useful when moving files to a non-Plan
9 system.
g Use the next (numeric) argument as the group id for files in the output archive.
EXAMPLES
Tar can be used to copy hierarchies thus:
{cd fromdir; tar c .} | {cd todir; tar x}
SOURCE
/sys/src/cmd/tar.c
SEE ALSO ar(1), bundle(1), tapefs(1)BUGS
There is no way to ask for any but the last occurrence of a file.
File path names are limited to 100 characters.
The tar format allows specification of links and symbolic links, concepts foreign to Plan 9: they are ignored.
TAR(1)