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# 8  
Old 06-01-2009
tirupathi: that isn't going to work with absolute pathnames.

kumarmani: you need to tell what the tar file contains as path to rewrite for me to provide a full command line.
# 9  
Old 06-01-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by jlliagre
You can use pax "-s" option which allows substituting path components on the fly. Gnu tar (gtar) might have a similar feature but is lacking a decent manual page for me to check.
Gnu tar does not use absolute paths by default (-P would be required) . Using gtar to uncompress will strip the leading / on the pathnames, giving a relative restore of archives created using traditional tar.
# 10  
Old 06-01-2009
Try this:

Code:
tar -xobf  cron.tar 15

# 11  
Old 06-01-2009
fist u tell u want relative or absolute thru tar command
absolute backup
tar -cvf /dev/rmt/0 /usr
now iam in /etc direcitory
cd /etc
tar -xvf /dev/rmt/0
it store the files in usr directory

realative backup

iam taking the backup
now iam in cd /usr
tar -cvf /dev/rmt/0 .
iam restoring the new directory
mkdir /sol
cd /sol
tar -xvf /dev/rmt/0

absolute backup means where ever u take the backup restore in same diraectory it's mainly used an systemfiles
relative backup used an user files
# 12  
Old 06-01-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by reborg
Gnu tar does not use absolute paths by default (-P would be required) . Using gtar to uncompress will strip the leading / on the pathnames, giving a relative restore of archives created using traditional tar.
Thanks for the tip. Then pax can be replaced by a combination of gtar and mv. If the Solaris release is lacking gtar, pax might still be helpful.
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