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# 8  
Old 07-18-2017
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vgersh99
tar -xvf bent.tar -C /web/applications/configurations
and the path /web/applications/configurations exists AND has the proper permissions?
Try untarring it under a diff directory - say /tmp
File permissions is also not the issue here ....

I even tried extracting it to /tmp but its not working.

I can even make a video demonstration and share the link here if you would like ?

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See this output. Not sure why is it failing.

Code:
bash-3.2$ tar -xvf bent.tar -C /tmp/
bash-3.2$ echo $?
0
bash-3.2$ ls -ltrd /tmp/bent
/tmp/bent: No such file or directory

I even tried

/usr/sbin/tar instead of /usr/bin/tar but it still does not work
Last edited by mohtashims; 07-18-2017 at 01:53 PM..
# 9  
Old 07-18-2017
Can you post the tar version? Is it GNU tar?
Code:
tar --version

Is that a SunOS VM on a Mac (as per your uname -a output)?

Does the target directory have enough space? (Maybe it's on a separate drive?)

Somehow it seems that the size of the tar file (228 MB) could be an issue, but don't know why or how.
# 10  
Old 07-18-2017
Quote:
Originally Posted by durden_tyler
Can you post the tar version? Is it GNU tar?
Code:
tar --version

Is that a SunOS VM on a Mac (as per your uname -a output)?

Does the target directory have enough space? (Maybe it's on a separate drive?)

Somehow it seems that the size of the tar file (228 MB) could be an issue, but don't know why or how.
Here is the information you requested.

Code:
bash-3.2$ df -k /tmp
Filesystem            kbytes    used   avail capacity  Mounted on
swap                 15585680 1294448 14291232     9%    /tmp
bash-3.2$ uname -a
SunOS mymac 5.10 Generic_150400-40 sun4v sparc sun4v
 bash-3.2$ tar --version
tar: s: unknown function modifier
Usage: tar {c|r|t|u|x}[BDeEFhilmnopPqTvw@[0-7]][bfk][X...] [blocksize] [tarfile] [size] [exclude-file...] {file | -I include-file | -C directory file}...

if size of the tar is the issue then why does copying the bent.tar to /tmp and then -> tar -xvf bent.tar work ??
Last edited by mohtashims; 07-18-2017 at 02:12 PM..
# 11  
Old 07-18-2017
What's the output of "tar --version"?

Edit: Ok, I see that it's not GNU tar; doesn't understand the long version of qualifiers.
I can test it on my Solaris VM later, but as of now I don't why copying the bent.tar to /tmp and the "tar -xvf bent.tar" work.
# 12  
Old 07-18-2017
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Quote:
Originally Posted by durden_tyler
What's the output of "tar --version"?

Edit: Ok, I see that it's not GNU tar; doesn't understand the long version of qualifiers.
I can test it on my Solaris VM later, but as of now I don't why copying the bent.tar to /tmp and the "tar -xvf bent.tar" work.
It works when I do not give the -C option.

See the output below:

Code:
bash-3.2$ cp bent.tar /tmp
bash-3.2$ cd /tmp
bash-3.2$ tar -xvf bent.tar
x bent, 0 bytes, 0 tape blocks
x bent/002, 0 bytes, 0 tape blocks
x bent/002/LEGAL, 0 bytes, 0 tape blocks
x bent/003, 0 bytes, 0 tape blocks

Any solution will be appreciated.
# 13  
Old 07-18-2017
Out of sheer curiosity, reg. post#10: does it make sense to mount a swap file system to /tmp (where tar might store intermediate data)?
# 14  
Old 07-18-2017
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Quote:
Originally Posted by durden_tyler
What's the output of "tar --version"?

Edit: Ok, I see that it's not GNU tar; doesn't understand the long version of qualifiers.
I can test it on my Solaris VM later, but as of now I don't why copying the bent.tar to /tmp and the "tar -xvf bent.tar" work.
Tar version

Code:
bash-3.2$ which tar
/usr/bin/tar
bash-3.2$ strings /usr/bin/tar | grep -i version
tar:  file # %llu: (%s) UTF-8 conversion failed.
tar: conversion routines not available for current locale.
file # %llu: (%s) UTF-8 conversion failed.
tar:  file # %llu: (%s) UTF-8 conversion failed.
tar:  file # %llu: (%s) UTF-8 conversion failed.
tar:  file # %llu: (%s) UTF-8 conversion failed.
tar: file # %llu: UTF-8 conversion failed.
tar: conversion routines not available for current locale.
file (%s): UTF-8 conversion failed.
tar: file (%s): UTF-8 conversion failed.
tar: invalid character in UTF-8 conversion of '%s'
tar: invalid character in UTF-8 conversion of '%s'
tar: conversion to UTF-8 aborted for '%s'.
tar: invalid character in UTF-8 conversion of '%s'
tar: conversion to UTF-8 aborted for '%s'.
bash-3.2$ file /usr/bin/tar
/usr/bin/tar:   ELF 32-bit MSB executable SPARC Version 1, dynamically linked, stripped
bash-3.2$ tar --version
tar: s: unknown function modifier
Usage: tar {c|r|t|u|x}[BDeEFhilmnopPqTvw@[0-7]][bfk][X...] [blocksize] [tarfile] [size] [exclude-file...] {file | -I include-file | -C directory file}...

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Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
Out of sheer curiosity, reg. post#10: does it make sense to mount a swap file system to /tmp (where tar might store intermediate data)?
You mean copy and untaring the bent.tar inside /tmp and then moving it to the desired destination location ?

That will be the last option if -C looks like too difficult or a bug.
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