You'll have to put the values that some options expect directly after the option itself. Also, you'll have to tell tar to compress the file, too. Try it as
Code:
tar -cz -f $date.$list.tar.gz -C /etc/confbackups *.conf
Meh ionno, I tried what you've got and some other variations I just randomly got off google but no luck.
I keep getting:
tar: .tar.gz: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
It ~is~ actually making a copy of the file (in the directory the script's in though...) but it's lacking the .tar.gz extension although when I open it, it does seem to be encrypted...
This is what I have at the moment. The idea is when any md5 match fails that that file would be copied and compressed into /etc/confbackups...
Code:
#!/bin/bash
function report ()
{
cd /home/johan/pro1
md5sum -c md5 2>/dev/null | awk -F '/FAILED/ { print $1 } '
md5sum -c md5 | awk ' { print $1, $2 } ' > report.txt
sudo chmod 777 /etc/confbackups
chmod 770 report.txt
chmod 770 *.conf
}
report
list=`grep -v OK report.txt | awk ' { print $1 } ' | sed 's/:/ /'`;
isodate=`date +%Y%m%d`;
files=`grep -v OK report.txt`;
if [[ $files == *FAILED* ]];
then
cp $list /etc/confbackups
tar -cz -f $isodate.$list.tar.gz -C /etc/confbackups $list
else
echo "Hash Matched"
fi
I tried using $list up here instead, *.conf was actually doing everything but the failed file which was weird (still not compressed though...)
Yeah thanks, I figured it all out today. Got my tar syntax way wrong got a helping hand for that and realized I had overthinked it waaaayyyyy too much. As far the bit with the sed, I only later realized that having an actual space in there actually replaced the colon in *.conf: with an actual space. So I fixed that bit myself at least. Thanks anyway!
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
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Hi All,
Please could anyone advise what the purpose of the dot syntax in the following command means:
tar -cvf ${WORKING_BACKUP_ROOT}/${TAR_ARCHIVE_FILE} . >/${BACKUP_ROOT}/${ARCHIVE_LOG}
Many thanks (2 Replies)
Hello Everyone,
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Hi all,
4 files are returned when i issue 'find . -mtime -1 -type f -ls'.
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./ora_934052.aud
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On my Unix Server in my directory, I have 70 files distributed in the following directories (which have several other files too). These files include C Source Files, Shell Script Source Files, Binary Files, Object Files.
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Thanks anyway!