08-02-2005
Ugly answer, but should work and not waste time
This might be an ugly solution but you could write a little loop, im not exactly sure of the syntax, Ill look it up if you want. (It's on google) But any way that does:
#!/bin/bash
donevar=0
wget http://somesite/file.tar &
while [donevar=0]; do
if [ -s "file.tar" ]; then
tar xvf file.tar
donevar=1
else
#you can pause if you want it doesn't really matter
fi
done
if you want you could get rid of the if, but I think it is uglier:
#!/bin/bash
wget http://somesite/file.tar &
while [! -s file.tar]; do
#you can pause if you want it doesn't really matter
done
tar xvf file.tar
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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")
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