tar failed with long path .. need alternative

[rleon]

We tried to backup our Websphere application but found that is has a deep deep deep directory stucture.

Tar faild due to the length of the path.

gtar seems to work but it seems to move long listings to a different folder in a different directory.

How can I "back" this up using a unix tool to where it will catch everything reglardless of the length of the path and allow me to move the archive and when I open it .. it lays everything back down.

Thanks In Advance

Ricardo

[Dennis Handly]

Well, you already tried gtar.  You could try pax(1) since it the recommended replacement for fbackup(1m)/frecover(1m).

Just use "-x pax".

Or you can use fbackup and frecover for HP-UX.

[Nighwish · Accepted solution]

Hi

"Been there done that"

You can use Gnu tar:

http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/

Regards.