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tar

Gerald_13 — Mon, 15 Mar 2004 10:56:09 GMT

hi,
is it possible to extract tar archive(tar xvf) and not restore file existing on the system, and restore only files & dir who are not exist. Is a option exist ?

thanks very much for your help
regards,
Gerald

Re: tar

Steven E. Protter — Mon, 15 Mar 2004 10:58:35 GMT

-C

option from man tar

this will do what you wish.

SEP

Re: tar

Alzhy — Mon, 15 Mar 2004 11:03:17 GMT

Gerald..

HP's version only offers relocation as SEP suggests. However, if you want the functionality you really need (ie. extract only files or directories) that does not exist on wherever you are extracting - then your best bet is to use GNU tar.

Get it from the HP-UX Built site...