Restoring selected files from TAR

[SAMIR SHAH_1]

How to restore selected files with the help of tar command.

I want to restore those files which has extension of .dbf.

I tried with "tar -xvf /dev/rmt/0m /data/*.dbf

It did not do anything.

Pl. help.

Thanks.

[rajsri]

hi samir
tar doesnt allow wild card usage .

better to use fbackup its very efficient .

[Bruce Regittko_1]

Hi,

The * on the command line is special to the shell, not tar. The shell will attempt to substitute file names that match the pattern /data/*.pdf, where the * can be 0 or more characters.

Since tar does not recognize wild cards, you will have to get creative. Try something like tar xf /dev/rmt/0m $( tar tf /dev/rmt/0m | grep "/data/*.pdf" ). Good luck,

--Bruce

[Insu Kim]

You have to specify full filename when you use tar in order to retrieve certain file.
Do not use wild charactor!

Regards,

[Dan Hetzel]

Hi Samir,

Bruce's method looks pretty but could give you an "argument list too long error message", depending on the number of /data/*.dbf files.

In that case, you may use a temp file:
tar tf /dev/rmt/0m | grep "/data/*.dbf" >/tmp/tar$$
cat /tmp/tar$$ | xargs tar xf /dev/rmt/0m

Best regards,

Dan