Extract file in different directory using tar

[Ashfak Mohmad Iqbal Sut]

Hi,

not able to extract file in different directory

e.g.
#cd /backup
#tar -cvf test.tar .
and then
#cd /test
#tar -xvf /backup/test.tar *

still its restoring files to /backup

[SoorajCleris]

Hi,

After taking backup, what is tar -tvf saying??

Regards,
Sooraj

[Ashfak Mohmad Iqbal Sut]

# tar -tvf tapbak
rw-r--r-- 0/3 7 Dec 30 15:36 2009 /backup/tap/ta
#

[rariasn]

Hi,

http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1326158

rgs,

[Ashfak Mohmad Iqbal Sut]

# pwd
/backup/test
# ls
doc1
# tar -cvf /backup/test/bak.tar .
a ./doc1 1 blocks
a ./bak.tar 0 blocks
# ls
bak.tar doc1
# cd /db_dev
# ls
lost+found pairsfile.txt rac_db_oh
# tar -xvf /backup/test/bak.tar *
# ls
lost+found pairsfile.txt rac_db_oh
#

please see the output

[rariasn · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Sample tar backup:

# cd /backup
# tar cfv test.tar ./*
# cd /test
# tar xvf /backup/test.tar .

rgs,

[TTr]

You must not use the * at the end of the tar-extract command. The * tells tar to extract only files that match the ones in the current directory and there is no match with what you have in the tar file.

[Ashfak Mohmad Iqbal Sut]

wants to tar folder /db_test (space is not available on that filesystem

what is the method to create compressed file on different folder

eg :

Source folder : /db_test
targer folder : /db_dev

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

If you have a 'tar' archive that was made with absolute paths, use 'pax' to extract it to a different directory:

# pax -r -s '|/db_test/|/db_dev/|' -f /backup/test.tar

Regards!

...JRF...

[Steven Schweda]

> You must not use the * [...]

That's the most important thing here.

> what is the method to create compressed
> file on different folder

Specify a different destination path in the
"tar" command? You did it for extraction
(with the defective "*"):

> #tar -xvf /backup/test.tar *

So you should be able to do it for creation:

cd /db_test
tar cf /db_dev/db_test.tar .

or:

cd /
tar cf /db_dev/db_test.tar db_test

depending on what you want in the archive.


> [...] use 'pax' [...]

Or GNU "tar". A Forum search for keywords
like, say,
gnu tar pax
should find many old threads on this topic.


Note that:

> #tar -cvf test.tar .

would create an archive containing relative
paths, while:

> # tar -tvf tapbak
> rw-r--r-- 0/3 7 Dec 30 15:36 2009 /backup/tap/ta

shows an archive containing an absolute path.
It looks as if you're doing too many
different things at one time, and getting
more confused than necessary.