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Gerald_13
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‎03-15-2004 02:56 AM

‎03-15-2004 02:56 AM

tar

hi,
is it possible to extract tar archive(tar xvf) and not restore file existing on the system, and restore only files & dir who are not exist. Is a option exist ?

thanks very much for your help
regards,
Gerald
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Steven E. Protter
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‎03-15-2004 02:58 AM

‎03-15-2004 02:58 AM

Re: tar

-C

option from man tar

this will do what you wish.

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Alzhy
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‎03-15-2004 03:03 AM

‎03-15-2004 03:03 AM

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Re: tar

Gerald..

HP's version only offers relocation as SEP suggests. However, if you want the functionality you really need (ie. extract only files or directories) that does not exist on wherever you are extracting - then your best bet is to use GNU tar.

Get it from the HP-UX Built site...
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