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Operating Systems HP-UX Unable to restore *.tar file Post 302995474 by drysdalk on Thursday 6th of April 2017 04:49:02 AM
Old 04-06-2017
Hi,

I think I can sort of replicate this on Solaris, using the SunOS native tar rather than GNU tar (which handles this fine).

As counter-intuitive as it might seem, try syntax like this:

Code:
tar -xvf lhs20170405.tar home/lhs

So actually leaving off the initial / basically. It will then extract it underneath wherever you are, and you can move it in to place.

Generally leading /'s in tar archives are not a good idea. GNU tar automatically strips them, as RudiC says; it seems SunOS tar (and I'd also guess HP-UX tar as well, by logical extension) doesn't, and will actually create an archive with them in it.

Anyway, try that, and see how you go.
 

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SHAPE_TAR(1)						      General Commands Manual						      SHAPE_TAR(1)

NAME
shape_tar - shapeTools RMS bundle up subsystem in a tar or shar archive SYNOPSIS
shape tar[VERSIONS=<version_selection_rule>] [ARCHIVE=<filename>] shape shar[VERSIONS=<version_selection_rule>] [ARCHIVE=<filename>] DESCRIPTION
Shape tar and shape shar create a tar or a shar archive containing all source components of the current node in the system tree. All source components listed in the COMPONENTS macro in the Makefile and the release identification file (VERSIONFILE) are written to the archive. Components of subsystems are not included in the archive file. The VERSIONS macro may be set to specify a version selection rule to be active during archive file creation. Default is most_recent, selecting the most recent version of each component. See shape_stdrul(7) or the $(SHAPELIBPATH)/stdrules for other possible settings. You may also use self defined version selection rules as VERSIONS. ARCHIVE is the base name of the file where the output shall be written to. Default is $(SUBSYSTEMNAME). The output file gets the filename extension .tar (resp. .shar). When ARCHIVE=- is given, data will be written to standard output. SEE ALSO
shape_RMS(1), shape_stdrul(7) FILES
$(SUBSYSTEMNAME).tar $(SUBSYSTEMNAME).shar 7.8.119 SHAPE_TAR(1)
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