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1. AIX
Quick question,
is it possible to make a Tar of completely directory and placing the tar file in it (will this cause even the tar file to tarred ?)
sample:
/opt/freeware/bin/tar -cvf - /oracle | gzip > /oracle/backup.tgz
will the tar file backup.tgz also include backup.tgz ?
i tried... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: filosophizer
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
How to get the current directory Path in your prompt?
i am getting a $ mark only in my prompt?
Please help me with this (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Abhishek0683
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
Following is my small script:-
#!/bin/ksh
for i in `cat /users/jack/mainfile-dr.txt`
do
sudo cp -r $i /users/jack/DR01/.
done
cd /users/jack/DR01/
sudo tar cvf system1-DR.tar *
scp system1-DR.tar backupserver:/DRFiles/system1
sudo rm -rf system1-DR.tar
In this script I... (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: manalisharmabe
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello guys,
I am sure this has been asked before, but honestly, I cant find post talking about it.
Here is what I need:
- A tar file will be generated manually by user
- This tar file is then used within a bash shell script
My source folder structure is like this:
... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: manolain
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I try to list all files in a folder, including all the subdirs (and their subdirs) and all files contained in each of these folders. I then print it to a simple txt file.
I use ls -R -1 >test.txt
This sort of does what I need, yet, the result is something like:
It reasonably comes... (53 Replies)
Discussion started by: dakke
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6. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
I want to backup all the directory tress, including hidden directories, without copying any files.
find . -type d gives the perfect list.
When I tried tar, it won't work for me because it tars all the files.
find . -type d | xargs tar -cvf a.tar
So i tried rsync.
On my own test box, the... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: fld2007
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
HI,
if I have a tarfile called pmapdata.tar that contains
tar -tvf pmapdata.tar
-rw-r--r-- 0/0 21 Oct 15 11:00 2009 /var/tmp/pmapdata/pmap4628.txt
-rw-r--r-- 0/0 21 Oct 14 20:00 2009 /var/tmp/pmapdata/pmap23752.txt
-rw-r--r-- 0/0 1625 Oct 13 20:00 2009... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: borderblaster
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I need to tar the entire directory except one directory inside that.
I have used the below command
tar -cvfX test.tar bin/perl bin/
I need to tar all the directories inside the bindirectory except the perl directory
Please help me in solving this :b:
Regards,
Kalai (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: kalpeer
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All
I was wondering what is the most efficient way to find files in the current directory(that may contain 100,000's files), that meets a certain specified file type and of a certain age.
I have experimented with the find command in unix but it also searches all sub directories. I have... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: kewong007
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi all,
Let say I have abc.gif file in the dir:
A
A/Sub1
A/Sub2
This abc.gif file is located in each of the dir and its sub. I want to be able to remove it at once w/out going into each folder and remove it one at a time.
What is the command to do that? Thanks (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: jasonhawaii
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