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Old 10-16-2013
Wrench Exclude Directories in my tar command

Hi, im having some issues after i execute the next command:

Code:
tar -cvf /varios/restore/test.tar -X /jfma/test1/excludefile /jfma | gzip -c > /varios/restore/test.tar.gz

this creates the desired "test.tar.gz" file, but whe i try to open it it says "tar: 0511-164 There is a media read or write block size error."

My main goal is to tar the directory "jfma" and exclude the subdirectory DWEXPORTS as specified in my excludefile, and then zip it.

This is what my excludefile has:

DWEXPORTS:
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Old 10-16-2013
The tape archive will be in the file given to the f option. You need to gzip that one, not stdout which will contain a log of tar's actions but no meaningful data. By adding the z option, tar will gzip its output immediately.

And, remove the ":" from your exclude file.
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Old 10-16-2013
z flag not recognized

Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
The tape archive will be in the file given to the f option. You need to gzip that one, not stdout which will contain a log of tar's actions but no meaningful data. By adding the z option, tar will gzip its output immediately.

And, remove the ":" from your exclude file.
Hi, thank you for your quick reply... Thing is im on AIX 6.1 and it doesnt accept the "z" flag. I already removed the ":" from my exclude file though.
# 4  
Old 10-16-2013
Specify a filename of - with -f so that you can pipe the archive itself to gzip.

Regards,
Alister
# 5  
Old 10-16-2013
Wrench

Quote:
Originally Posted by alister
Specify a filename of - with -f so that you can pipe the archive itself to gzip.

Regards,
Alister
Sorry Alister, and correct me if im wrong (and i believe i am) but isn't it already -f in my statement?
Code:
tar "-cvf"

....

Code:
tar -cvf /varios/restore/test.tar -X /jfma/test1/excludefile /jfma | gzip -c > /varios/restore/test.tar.gz

If i am wrong how should i establish my statement. Im confused.

thanks again for your time.
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Old 10-16-2013
tar -cvf - -X /jfma/test1/excludefile /jfma | gzip -c > /varios/restore/test.tar.gz
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Old 10-16-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by alister
Specify a filename of - with -f so that you can pipe the archive itself to gzip.

Regards,
Alister
Quote:
Originally Posted by CarloM
tar -cvf - -X /jfma/test1/excludefile /jfma | gzip -c > /varios/restore/test.tar.gz
CarloM, thank you i was actually working with:

Code:
tar -cvf /varios/restore/test.tar -X excludefile.txt /jfma/test1/

and after that i was going to execute the gzip. Two sentences to be clear, but yours worked for me.

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