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Thanks Bakunin, this dash thing is engraved in my head due to excessive use of linux. :b:

16. List the contents of a tar file


$ tar -tvf file.tar

$ zcat file.tar.Z | tar tvf -


$ tar -ztvf file.tar.gz

$ tar -ztvf file.tar.gz > files.txt

note: -z will not work on AIX but...

tar version

/opt/freeware/bin/tar --version
tar (GNU tar) 1.14
Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
You may...

thanks bakunin,

the reason why I asked this question, when I use gunzip < /backup1/oraclebackup.tgz | /opt/freeware/bin/tar -xvf-
/opt/freeware/bin/tar:...

15. How to find the total size of the uncompressed tar zipped file oraclebackup.tgz

oraclebackup.tgz was created using the following command, which gave me 40GB file


# /opt/freeware/bin/tar...

13. Tar and ZIP -- multiple directories in one command

we have directories
/oracle
/oracle1
/oracle2


tar -cvf - /oracle /oracle1 /oracle2 | gzip > /backup/oracle_backup.tgz



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10. Tar and ZIP the directory in one command


# tar cvf - /oracle | gzip > /backup/oracle_backup.tgz
or (http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/2217/create-a-tar.gz-in-a-single-command)
#...

Thank you for contributing to the thread:

@MichaelFelt : tar is recommended by oracle (http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E21698_01/admin.1122/e21605/tuning002.htm) for cold backup. it is widely used for...

This thread is about using tar & other compression utilities on AIX ;

1. Find out which version of tar you are using
thanks to bakunin (https://www.unix.com/aix/160981-tar-version.html)

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