recovering a single file

[kunjuttan]

Thanks,But that I know.I want to know why it is using with the tar command as we are extracting to /tmp directory as mentioned.

[rariasn]

Hi,

read next thread:

Absolute path & Relative Path

http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447626+1262259430115+28353475&threadId=1050913

rgs

[kunjuttan]

Thank you sir.But its not that clear.

[kunjuttan]

Thank you sir,But it is not that clear.I mean

"tmp
# tar -xvf sysinfo.tar /home ioscan.txt"

Here ioscan.txt is extracting from sysinfo.tar to /tmp.It is fine.But why /home is there in command line?

[rariasn]

Hi,

#
# pwd

/tmp

/tmp <-- working directory where is sysinfo.tar.

# tar -xvf sysinfo.tar /home ioscan.txt"

Here ioscan.txt is extracting from sysinfo.tar to /home.

rgs,

[R.K. #]

In /tmp, ioscan.txt is NOT present:
/tmp
# ll ioscan*
ioscan* not found
-----------------
Ran command to extract ioscan.txt to /home
/tmp
# tar -xvf sysinfo.tar /home ioscan.txt
x ioscan.txt, 5231 bytes, 11 tape blocks

-----------------
BUT IN /home, ioscan.txt IS STILL NOT PRESENT

/home
# ll ioscan*
ioscan* not found

-----------------
INSTEAD IT GOT EXTRACT IN /TMP (FROM WHERE WE RAN "TAR -XVF" ABOVE)

/tmp
# ll ioscan*
-rw------- 1 root sys 5231 Dec 19 00:38 ioscan.txt

-----------------
So............
There are no optional arguments "destination" arguments like this.

[R.K. #]

Depends how you are backing up using tar.

From the link mentioned earlier in this thread:

"Absolute path means specifying the ENTIRE path to the directory you want to back up. When you restore this it will be restored to the SAME EXACT path."

If you back up individual directories using tar...you will be restoring it only in CURRENT directory (from where you are running 'tar -xvf").

[Steven Schweda]

> If you back up individual directories using
> tar... [...]

"individual" has nothing to do with it. The
difference is between a path to a file (or
directory) which begins with a slash ("/")
and one which does not.

> Thanks.But here what /home means?

It's a mystery to me, too. Perhaps he still
thinks that his "" suggestion
made some sense, which it did not.

> What tar is this? There are no optional
> arguments "destination" arguments like
> this.

Listen to Mr. Handly.

> To list files in TAR:
> # tar -tvf

That part makes some sense. If we could see
what it says for the file which you'd like to
restore, then you might get some more
specific suggestions on how to extract it
(and put it where you'd like it).

[Dennis Handly]

>But here what /home means?

That was R.K.'s proof that he was wrong about a "destination" in tar.

>Steven: Perhaps he still thinks that his "" suggestion made some sense,

He probably should have said that he was admitting he made a mistake more clearly and the example was proof. I.e. add more comments in the script. :-)

[R.K. #]

Hi Again,

MORE CLEARLY THIS TIME..

> But why /home is there in command line?
Presence of /home do NOT make any sense as there is NO option in tar command to specify folder.
See my example above, which shows that even after specifying /home, the file 'ioscan.txt' got extracted in /tmp (from where we ran 'tar -xvf..').


> Perhaps he still thinks that his "" ...[...]
This is what I tried to explain with an example that suggestion do NOT make any sense.

Hope I make it clear this time :-)