hi all ,
iam trying to usr tar to read inputs from a file :
i used the following command but it is giving me an error .
tar cfv - -I files.2.backup | gzip | rsh -l some_user some_host "cat - > /path/to/destdir/backup-$DT.tar.gz"
the error is " missing files ".
the point is to read the contenets of the file "files.2.backup " and do a tar for every entry in this file. then rsh to a remote host and place my "tared" files over their.
i am runing solaris 9 over SPARC
thanks you for ur help .
regards
man tar
man gzip
e.g:
tar -cf filename.tar -I filename.list
gzip filename.tar
tar cvf - . | gzip -c > filename.tgz
. if your are in the same directory where you want to tar from.....
v option is verbose to list all the files.....
Hi.. I am trying to execute the above command in my Unix server and it throws me an error like below.. Not sure..
tar -cf filename.tar -I ~/filenames
tar: Not a recognized flag: I
I also tried using
tar cf filename.tar -I ~/filenames, which didn't work either..
The method is what i was looking out for to tar the files from the list of filenames available in ~/filenames. Could anyone help me out with a solution, please. Thanks in advance
xargs tar cf filename.tar <filenames
thanks.. but when i try to open the archive from windows, it scolds me saying "Invalid archive directory".. I also tried to open after gzip'ing it by gzip filename.tar.. but the same answer from the system 
Can you read it on the machine where you created it? tar tvf filename.tar 2>&1 | less
yes, i can read it.. some of your reference
?rwxrwxrwx 5238 8001 0 Mar 29 16:11:22 2008 ./clsDataLayer.vb symbolic link to /REG/web/clsDataLayer.vb.
?rwxrwxrwx 5238 8001 0 Mar 29 16:11:22 2008 ./datepicker.htm symbolic link to /REG/web/datepicker.htm.
is this because the filenames are the symbolic links.. The filenames in my file ~/filenames are the symbolic links of the files that are actually existing in /REG/web or some other folder inside REG..
Yes, likely Windows has issues with symbolic links.