Problem extracting zipped tar file

asandy1234 · January 30, 2013, 3:24pm

I was extracting the zipped tar file with the command
gzip -dc Sample.tar.gz |tar xf -

The tar file contained many delimited files; but lately they changed the structure of the tar file with another folder. So now all the delimited files are inside a folder called "Folder1" and the folder is packaged with tar.

When I try to run the above command I get an error like below

tar: 0511-188 Cannot create Folder1\/sample1.del: The file access permissions do not allow the specified action.

Thanks...

DGPickett · January 30, 2013, 5:39pm

Maybe it is restoring original id and permissions, so try it with 'u'.

asandy1234 · January 30, 2013, 5:46pm

Can you please specify exactly where should I use the 'u' option..

Thanks,

DGPickett · January 30, 2013, 6:09pm

Sorry, I meant o, but options vary between versions

tar xof tarfile

asandy1234 · January 31, 2013, 11:52am

It didn't help I get the same error

DGPickett · January 31, 2013, 12:44pm

Can you run t on it to see where it wants to drop files? Maybe it has an absolute path. Nice tar files are all relative paths. You might need to make a matching landing zone directory to support the problem entry.

Yoda · January 31, 2013, 12:58pm

Also try:

tar -b 512 -zxvf Sample.tar.gz

I found similar issues reported and the solution was to use GNU tar instead.