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1. AIX
Quick question,
is it possible to make a Tar of completely directory and placing the tar file in it (will this cause even the tar file to tarred ?)
sample:
/opt/freeware/bin/tar -cvf - /oracle | gzip > /oracle/backup.tgz
will the tar file backup.tgz also include backup.tgz ?
i tried... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: filosophizer
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello Team,
Would you please help me with a UNIX command that would check if file is a tar file.
if we dont have that , can you help me with UNIX command that would check if file ends with .tar
Thanks in advance. (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: sanjaydubey2006
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I would like to confirm my file.tar is been tar-ed correctly before I remove them. But I have very limited disc space to untar it.
Can I just do the listing instead of actual extract it? Can I say confirm folder integrity if the listing is sucessful without problem?
tar tvf file1.tar
... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: vivien_chu
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4. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
I have the following folder structure
code/f1/
code/lib/t1
code/lib/t2
code/lib/t3
code/lib/t3
code/lib_1/t1
code/exc
I would like to create a tar with a folder structure below and I can use the following tar command
f1
lib/t1
lib/t2
lib/t3
tar -cvf code.tar -C code f1 lib... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: alpboys
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
I have a tar file and inside that tar file is a folder with additional tar.gz files. What I want to do is look inside the first tar file and then find the second tar file I'm looking for, look inside that tar.gz file to find a certain directory. I'm encountering issues by trying to... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: bashnewbee
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello,
I was asked by my boss to make a backup of one of our systems that is slated to be decommissioned. When I suggested if could tar the "/" directory he nodded and said that would do the trick,
When I try and execute the command I get EOF error. I think it is because there is not enough... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: mojoman
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi all,
4 files are returned when i issue 'find . -mtime -1 -type f -ls'.
./ora_475244.aud
./ora_671958.aud
./ora_934052.aud
./ora_934050.aud
However, when I issued the below command:
tar -cvf test.tar `find . -mtime -1 -type f`, the tar file only contains the 1st file -... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: ahSher
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8. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi All
Can someone pls guide me if there any utility to compress file on windows & uncompress on vxworks
I tried as -
- compressed some folders on windows ... i created .tar ( to maintain directory structure ) and compressed to .gz format.
- on VxWorks i have uncompressed it to .tar... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: uday_01
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi all,
kindly help me how to extract one file form .tar.gz without uncompressing .tar.gz file.
thanks in advance
bali (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: balireddy_77
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10. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Trying to answer a question about whether tar table-of-contents is a good tool for verifying tape data. (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: tjlst15
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