Different OS's implement tar slightly differently.
With the information provided I'm still guessing but......
Just see what happens if you list without entering the minus.....
and if that lists okay then try
again without the minus.
Anyway you should be able to tell if it is actually extracting because (a) it will be slower than just listing, and (2) the disk activity light(s) will be reallt flashing whilst it's writing the files down. If you do see a difference in the two operations then you need to go find where tar has extracted the files to.
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And regarding your post#4, if you use the 'v' (verbose) option on the extraction command line, all files will be listed as they are extracted. Therefore, I would say, no output indicates no extraction occurring.
I backed up a unix database using
"tar -cvf /dev/rmt1 -N 800 /*"
Normally I would restore this using
"tar -xvf /dev/rmt1 -N 800"
This is reporting an error about
"not enough memory"
I have done a new test backup and restore using the same commands and they work.
ANY IDEAS ? (2 Replies)
I created a relative backup of my home directory using tar into a file named backup.tar.
No problem there.
I checked it out using the table of contents command to list the contents of the backup.tar file, and there is no problem there either.
But, when I tried restoring backup.tar into a... (2 Replies)
hi there,
anybody know if there is any efficient way of restoring only
files of specific dates from a tape (with tar command)? :rolleyes:
coz the tapes containing few weeks' files,
but i need only files of a few days.....
any kind feedback is appreciated.
Thanks in advanced. (0 Replies)
Hi,
Can anyone tell me the right TAR command to restore
all the files dirs/subdirs/files etc. to a given directory on my hdd from a TAPE drive?
I already used the list function to see that there is data on it with this commando:
# tar tf /dev/st0
Now I need to copy all the data to a... (1 Reply)
Hi folks,
I have an image backup of an entire file system (Solaris 9 on N240) on a tar file.
How can I use this tar file to retore my system?
Thanks,
omd (1 Reply)
hi friends,
I am using hp unix HP-UX B.11.11 .. Generally i do the compression to maintain the space availability . To compress the files first i used the TAR to collect all the files. it has done fine. when i am using command ls in the folder which has TAR file , it shows the TAR... (2 Replies)
Hello Every one,
I want to back up all passwd files to /xyz/passfiles.cpio
and Then restore them to /abc directory.
Here is what I wrote:
find / -name passwd | cpio -oc > /tmp/passwd.cpio
and to restore
cd abc
cpio -ium < /tmp/passwd.cpio
I can not find the files restored to /abc... (2 Replies)
Hi,
I am trying to tar a directory structure. but unable to do due to a symbolic link. Please help
indomt@behpux $ tar -cvf test.tar /home/indomt
a /home/indomt symbolic link to /dxdv/03/ap1dm1
Thanks (1 Reply)
This will be covered elsewhere im sure but i just cant seem to find my exact issue.
I want to backup my systems using tar, command is:
tar -cjpf /backup /bin /etc /home /opt /root /sbin /usr /var /bootWhen i include the / directory it also tar's the /lib /sys /proc /dev filesystems too (and... (8 Replies)
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virt-tar-in
virt-tar-in(1) Virtualization Support virt-tar-in(1)NAME
virt-tar-in - Unpack a tarball into a virtual machine disk image.
SYNOPSIS
virt-tar-in -a disk.img data.tar /destination
virt-tar-in -d domain data.tar /destination
zcat data.tar.gz | virt-tar-in -d domain - /destination
WARNING
Using "virt-tar-in" on live virtual machines can be dangerous, potentially causing disk corruption. The virtual machine must be shut down
before you use this command.
DESCRIPTION
"virt-tar-in" unpacks an uncompressed tarball into a virtual machine disk image or named libvirt domain.
The first parameter is the tar file. Use "-" to read the tar file from standard input. The second parameter is the absolute target
directory to unpack into.
EXAMPLES
Upload a home directory to a guest:
virt-tar-in -d MyGuest homes.tar /home
JUST A SHELL SCRIPT WRAPPER AROUND GUESTFISH
This command is just a simple shell script wrapper around the guestfish(1) "tar-in" 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-make-fs(1), virt-tar-out(1), <http://libguestfs.org/>.
AUTHORS
Richard W.M. Jones ("rjones at redhat dot com")
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