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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
I'm trying to write a Unix script that will go to a specific directory (/tmp/Sanbox/logs) and tar.gz all the log files in that directory and delete the original files that are older than 2 days. So far I have this but it doesn't work. Any help would be appreciated.
#!/bin/bash
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2. 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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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello Team,
Would you please help me with a UNIX command that would check if file is a tar file.
if we dont have that , can you help me with UNIX command that would check if file ends with .tar
Thanks in advance. (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: sanjaydubey2006
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4. Solaris
Hi all,
In Solaris howto extract tar file to specific folder.
This is what we do in Linux, but how to do the same thing in Solaris ?
-tar -xzvf /tmp/etc.tar.bz -C /tmp
(Will extract in /tmp dir)
3.gzip COMPRESSION AND EXTRACTION
-tar -czvf /tmp/etc.tar.bz /etc
-du ... (5 Replies)
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
I am fairly new to shell scripting and I am trying the following:
My shell script creates a tar file with files with the ending ~. The directory - where the files and sub directories are located - comes as a parameter when I call the script. Files that are archived will be written in... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: neg42
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
I have a tar file and inside that tar file is a folder with additional tar.gz files. What I want to do is look inside the first tar file and then find the second tar file I'm looking for, look inside that tar.gz file to find a certain directory. I'm encountering issues by trying to... (1 Reply)
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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
Dear all
I want to create a tar file which contains all executable files in a specific directory
cd /appl/home/
file some_exe
some_exe: 64-bit XCOFF executable or object module not stripped
My current approach is to tar it one by one
tar -cvf test.tar exefile1
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Discussion started by: on9west
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
I want to insert file to tar file (by tar command).
The file is currently in a diffrenet directory and i want to be saved
at the tar file as it was in other directory.
I write the script in korn shell. How can i do it? (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: arielromi
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10. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
anyone know if it is possable to extract a subdirectory in a tar file.
IE
tarfile contains
parent dir
-sub dir A
-sub dir B
I want to extract sub dir B. (2 Replies)
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