Removal of file from tar file

[Amrit_1]

I would like to know the command wherein I can removal a file from the tar file. For eg.

In case there is a file a in tar abc.tar. After the removal activity. the tar file abc.tar should not have the file a.

[Sunil Sharma_1]

I don't think such command is available.

Sunil

[KapilRaj]

1. Extract the tar in to a sub directory
2. Remove the file a
3. Do a tar

Ha ha ha ...

Kaps

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi,

Nope I don't think you can do that, you could use the w option to confirm the action.

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[Amrit_1]

Should the syntax be : tar xw abc.tar a

[Amrit_1]

HI Guys,

Awaiting your inputs. Have a critical issue and your inputs would be really valuable.

Thanks in advance,
Amrit

[KapilRaj]

Amrit,

There is no option though you can do some thing like reading the tape and then writing it to a diffrent tape excluding the file u want to remove.

I think the reason 'why not' is that, the tar format does not have a FileAllocation table or something like that like a Filesystem.

Regds,

Kaps

[Sanjay Kumar Suri]

Follow Kapil's solution.

sks

[Nicolas Dumeige]

Hello,

GNU tar can do it with the --delete option.

Cheers

Nicolas

[Nicolas Dumeige]

Furthermore, it has the gzip option and other intersting capabilities.