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1. HP-UX
Hi,
I need to tar some files in a directory to a remote server.
I need to exclude some file from this directory and then tar it over.
This is the command suggested by one article (tarring in the same server) :
tar -zcvf /tmp/mybackup.tar.gz -X exclude.txt /home/me
However it does not... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: anaigini45
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi I need help in tarring files up to four days old. I have been doing this:
find . -mtime -4|xargs tar -cvf mar4.tar
However, it seems like it's tarring everything but leaving those that are 4 days old and newer (which I want tarred and everything else not)
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Discussion started by: MIA651
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
We execute script to tarr files as normal user. Normal user doesn't have permission to append file to existing tarr file, since tarr files are owned by root user.
Even though script is creating tar file and is executed by normal user, It shows that tar file is created by root. I ran script for... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Nagaraja Akkiva
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I have an issue on a webserver where I have a perl script rotating and moving the logs to an archive directory where they are gzipped. This is working fine. The problem is when there is tracing enabled on my webserver where the tracelogs are rotated whenenver they reach 100Meg and they... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: techwiz45
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
HI All,
Im encountering behaviour that is not correct for my requirements when I untar a file.
Im using the below command to tar up files from various folders to the ARCHIVE folder as below...
tar -cvf "$ARCHIVE_PATH"/"$dte_tar_filename" "$LOG_PATH" "$PROCESSED_PATH2" "$ERROR_PATH"
... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: satnamx
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi guys,
i'm totally new with Unix sripting and no idea how to do the scripting at all. My problem is that my boss asked me to do this:
1.) create a script that will tar or gzip the files in particular directory
eg:
i'm on my home directory and I need to tar/gzip the file in.. assuming... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: montski
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am working on a Korn shell script that will cd into multiple directories that are listed in a flat file and gzip the contents of each directory.
So far, this is what I have:
1) Find the 4 largest directories and place them into the file foo
du -sk /some/directory/* | sort -rn | head -4... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: sunsysadm2003
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
dears,
I have a folder containing huge no. of files, some of them are created on AUG 16, AUG 17 and AUG 18, for example.
All I want to do is tarring all the files created on a certain date, say AUG 18, in one tar file, only in one command line.
So, how to feed all the files created on a certain... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: marwan
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Is it possible?
I am trying to do it with gzip 1.2.4 and it comes back saying the file type is too large.
Any way to compress massive things? (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: LordJezo
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I would like to back up several directories weekly using a cronjob.
I'm not experienced in UNIX, but I would start like this:
tar -cvf backup.tar dir1 dir2 dir3
Now if a file is being modified in the process it will result in an error.
How can I prevent this from happening and how can I... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: jamesbond
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