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Old 03-26-2008
tar issue

frnds,

I compressed some files on the basic of $date var.

$date contains todays date in some specific format..
also my files are in different directories...

now, I m doing.

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tar -cvf archive.tar /root/abc/*$date* /root/wxv/123/*$date* /var/*$date*
this creates archive.tar for me..
but the problem is when I extract this...

tar -xvf archive.tar
it gives me nothing...
also, its sure that the archive is valid.. ( I can see the contents with tar -tvf )...

can any1 suggest whats wrong here??

thanks..
# 2  
Old 03-26-2008
Are you looking in the correct directory?

If you see absolute paths in tvf option, try vieweing the files giving complete path.
# 3  
Old 03-26-2008
hi krishmaths,
I can see the full path in tvf option...but those are pointing to the orignal location..
not the files which the archive.tar contain...
coz when I moved the orignal files to some otherplace,,thn I m not able to view the contents of it..
# 4  
Old 03-26-2008
Can you post the output of tar -tvf, at least a portion of it? Let us see if we can infer something from that.
# 5  
Old 03-26-2008
its like listing the files...

$ tar -tvf archive.tar

rw-r--r-- 12015/12015 288 Mar 24 16:02 2008 /opt//daily/input/.stats

rw-r--r-- 12015/12015 288 Mar 24 16:02 2008 /abc.stats
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