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Old 04-17-2009
Tar: Parameter list is too long
Hi all,

I have a lot of files in my audit log directory which i am trying to tar. However, i hit the below error:
ksh: /usr/bin/tar: 0403-027 The parameter list is too long.

Is there any work around to resolve this problem? I need to tar all the files up.

Thanks.
# 2  
Old 04-17-2009
try reading this

or could you create the tar of fewer files, and then add the remaining files to it?
# 3  
Old 04-17-2009
Code:
$ find . -name '<whatever wildcard>' -print | xargs tar -rf audit.tar
OR
$ find . -name '<whatever wildcard>' -exec tar -rf audit.tar {} \;

If your tar doesn't support starting a new archive when -r is used, create it first using an empty file.
# 4  
Old 04-19-2009
Hi pludi,

I tried the suggestion of using 'find . -name '<whatever wildcard>' -exec tar -rf audit.tar {} \;' but hit error.

That leads to another question? How do I create an empty tar file in AIX 5.3?

Thanks.
# 5  
Old 04-19-2009
Why not try moving all audit log files to another dir, and then tar up that dir?
# 6  
Old 04-20-2009
just create an empty tar file using toch

Code:
touch audit.tar
find . -name "*.log" -print | xargs tar -uvf audit.tar

from the current directory..



cheers,
Devaraj Takhellambam
Last edited by Yogesh Sawant; 04-20-2009 at 04:51 AM.. Reason: added code tags
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