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[Manuales]

How can i use tar command in hp-ux B.11.11?

Thanks, Manuales.

[Andrew Rutter · Accepted solution]

hi,

in what way use tar command?

same as in other version of HPUX really, but depends what you want to do with tar.

check man entries for more info
#man tar

Andy

[TwoProc]

well the simple way to create a tar file from the current directory of stuff you're currently sitting in...

cd /mysourcedir
tar cvf .tar .

where is the name of the tar file you wish to create, or the name of the tape drive you're trying to hit (e.g. /dev/rmt/0m).

so
cd /mysourcedir
tar cvf mysourcedir.tar .
or simply
tar cvf mysourcedir.tar /mysourcedir

would create a tar file of the contents of /mysourcedir. The first example buries the name of the directory as "." and the second buries the name of the directory as "/mysourcedir". This makes a difference when you extract the data later on.

To extract the data:

cd /mydestdir
tar xvf .tar .

would put the contents of .tar in the current directory (/mydestdir).

If you used the second method (mentioned above) to create the tar file with the absolutepath /mysourcedir embedded in the tar file, then you don't have much choice but to extract the data into /mysourcedir as well.

tar xvf .tar

would create the directory "/mysourcedir", if it doesn't exist, and put the files from the tar file in the /mysourcedir directory.

There's more, but that's the main two commands for tar.

Of course,

"man tar" for the rest.

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Essentially the same way you use tar on any other UNIX box. Man tar will tell you all you need to know.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Manuales:

# tar -cvf /tmp/archive /home

..would (c)reate a (f)ile named "/tmp/archive" for the contents of the '/home' directory and (v)erbosely record to your terminal the files archived.

# tar -xvf /tmp/archive

...would e(x)tract the archive (back into '/home' since we used absolute paths (not always a good thing!)

# tar -tvf /tmp/archive

...would merely list the contents of the archive.

With 'tar' archives (whether to a tape or to a file) it is ofter better to use relative paths. Thus in our first example:

# cd /home && tar -cvf /tmp/archive .

...would allow restoration later in a directory of our choice without a great deal of bother.

See the manpages for 'tar' and its cousin 'pax'.

Regards!

...JRF...

[karan_3]

Hi Manuales..
the use of tar command is same in all the flavour of unix...

tar is basically used for backup purpose.means you can take a backup of ur file by using tar..

# tar cvf < name of destination>

name of destination= /dev/rmt/0mn (device name of ur tape drive).

# tar cvf /dev/rmt/0mn /home
it will take a backup of ur home directory...

and you can view

# tar tvf /dev/rmt/0mn

and you can extract the backup

# tar xvf /dev/rmt/0mn

you can also make a archive file by using tar

tar cvf home.tar /home

i think this will solve youe doubt. see man page also..

regards
karan

[Indrajit_1]

Hi;

To create a directory (dir1) to tar file

#tar -cvf dir1.tar /dir1

To untar a tar file.
#tar xvf dir1.tar

To untar a dir1.tar.z file

#tar -zxvf dir1.tar.z

Cheers
Indrajit

[Manuales]

Really, really thanks all !!!!

[Adisuria Wangsadinata_1]

Hi Manuales,

Check the url (docID : KBAN00000907) about 'Example backup/recover commands for fbackup, cpio, tar' :

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000076534352

Hope this information can help.

Cheers,
AW