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1. Solaris
Hi,
I am trying to determine if a tape is full because on 2 different tapes, im receiving 2 different kind of errors:
# uname
SunOS
# /bin/tar cvf /dev/rmt/0n /export/home
a /export/home/jerry/wlserver_10.0.tar.gz 28528 tape blocks
tar: write error: unexpected EOF
# mt -f /dev/rmt/0n... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: mosies
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2. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hello,
This might be a dumb question, but I havent been able to find the answer anywhere.
I currently have a backup script that uses 'tar' to backup some files to tape. I need to add a directory to the backup script, but I want to use 'vdump' to back it up to tape.
So my question is can I... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: xadamz23
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3. Solaris
Hi,
i have got a tar file some 200MB big and i have ftp'ed the tar file over from one server to another but it does not seem to extract. its giving the following message:
tar xvf saptar
tar: blocksize = 2
Its the first time i used tar so I not got any ideas why its giving this message?... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: scriptingmani
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi All,
While viewing tar file using "tar tf file.tar" command, I have received
"tar: blocksize = 0" message and while extracting a particular file from the same tar file (file.tar) I have received the same message and nothing is extracted.
Above commands ran in a shell script so, I... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Tlogine
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
When doing tar -xvf to untar, some tar versions display the blocksize:
“tar: blocksize = 6”
my goal is to avoid this message. One way of doing it is to specify the blocksize:
tar -xvfb <tar_file> 6
Is there a setting in tar or a tar version to avoid this type of message without... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: melanie_pfefer
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
How can I change the blocksize in tar command?
tar cvf test.tar backup.sh
a backup.sh 1K
If we need to set the blocksize to 20, how to do that?
Please advise.
Thank you. (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: KhawHL
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7. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Trying to answer a question about whether tar table-of-contents is a good tool for verifying tape data. (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: tjlst15
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I was recently given the responsibility of the unix box at our work. Without much training, I now have to go back and restore a file from tape. I'm having some trouble with it. I'm getting an error with the blocksize.
The part of the script that does the tar looks like this:
tar cvfX... (11 Replies)
Discussion started by: citrowske
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9. Solaris
I'm trying to tar a bunch of files off to a tape, but for one specific file (it is fairly large, roughly 10Gb) I get the error:
too large to archive
Does tar have a limit of the size of file it can write off to tape? I'm using SunOS 5.8.
Thanks!
-Fred (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: FredSmith
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10. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
When trying to extract a tar file in HP-UX using tar -xvf command it exits with the following error :"Tar: tape blocksize error".
Tar file is created using the following command with MKS toolkit(Unix Simulation Kit for Windows env) under Windows 2000 Professional:
"$tar -cvf test.tar test.txt... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: ramkumar
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