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Old 07-23-2012
Not able to untar a file in HP UX!
Hi,

I have been trying to untar this file hello.tar which consists of 3 files but nothing happens:
Code:
eux750{root}# tar -xvf hello.tar
x /hello, 8405 bytes, 17 tape blocks

Why am I not able to see the untarred files.Smilie

Thanks to help!
Last edited by jim mcnamara; 07-23-2012 at 08:15 PM..
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Old 07-23-2012
Where was the tar created?
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Old 07-23-2012
From the output you've posted there is only a directory(empyt) in the archive. Since you're using the -v option, I would have expected to see something like:

Code:
/hello/
/hello/filea
/hello/fileb
/hello/filec

listed as it extracted the files.

What is the output of:
Code:
tar -tvf hello.tar

If it doesn't list the files under /hello that you expect, I'd say your archive contains only the empty directory.
 
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