AIX

Hi

root@appdr01 [/appbackup] #ls -latr

total 2887400

drwxr-xr-x 2 root system 256 May 06 11:34 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x 34 root system 4096 May 06 11:34 ..
drwxr-xr-x 3 root system 256 May 06 12:20 .
-rw-r----- 1 root system 1478338560 May 06 12:21 APP.tar

Im facing an issue while extracting the tar file "APP.tar"

root@appdr01 [/appbackup] #tar -xvf APP.tar

While the command's output runs so fast i could see the below message in between

"Cannot open or remove a file containing a running program."

Finally the command comes to an end. When I give ls -latr, it does not show any directories which are extracted from APP.tar

Can any one tell me why im not able to see the directories ?

Have you googled for the error message? I case you haven't:

from this link:

...or this message from comp.unix.aix:

You may also test the tar file by issuing:

Code:

tar -tvf APP.tar

and see if this works or produces the same error. You also might compare its output to files you have on your system. If you have tarred the files with absolute pathes it will be untarred to absolute pathes too, not the directory which happens to be your $PWD.

TIP: if you want your output formatted pagewise pipe it to either "more" or "pg".

I hope this helps.

bakunin